Moderate Muslim, stop playing games

Submitted by Noah Wilk (United States), Feb 28, 2007 at 21:00

Moderate Muslim wrote:

"Fine, if you think i'm a terrorist, post your questions, and I will answer them fully and completely. I don't want to hear that I'm not answering your stuff it goes for a day without an answer. I don't have to keep watch on this forum 24/7. I am not hiding in a corner. I know I'm right and I can prove it."

Don't play games. I see how you are. I have directed pointed questions and challenges at you in virtually every post I make. Pick any one of them and run with it, if you have the guts. How about starting with this question from an earlier post I made today:

Show me how Islam is great (in the "magnificent" sense). Show me anywhere on Earth where Islam is making life better for people. Show me anywhere on Earth where Islam is completely tolerant of other religions and offers equal rights for women, Jews, and non-Muslims. Show me anywhere on Earth where Islam provides a better life for human beings than Christianity does, or for that matter than any Western country. Show me a country that Islam has been imported to where they exist peacefully with the society they've invaded.

There you go. Plenty to respond to. And I am not interested in a response that amounts to nothing more than an uncredited citation from an anonymous Muslim "scholar" that basically says nothing more than "do not dare to question the actions of the Prophet". I am only interested in critical analysis based on factual reality and history.

"Additionally, could you please ask all your questions in as few posts as possible so that I can find and refute them easier."

That's a pretty bold request from someone who's flooded the forum with a hundred one-sentence posts.

"A terrorist is someone who strikes fear in the heart of someone. You strike fear of Muslims in the heart of all, and I merely tell them that it is not truthful to do so."

Wrong on all counts. First, a terrorist by definition is someone who uses terror to modify the behavior of others in order to advance his political, religious, or ideological cause or belief. Second, I am not striking fear into anyone's heart, I am spreading the truth. Truth that can be proven by acknowledging reality and by referencing historical fact.

"I was not faking indignation."

Yes, you were faking indignation. You referred to my statements about Mohammed's murdering and raping as "slanderous BS" or something to that effect. My statements are historically and factually accurate, and after I challenged you to disprove my statements, all you offered in response was some nonsense by some anonymous Islamic cleric about how no one is allowed to criticize Mohammed's behavior. In civilized society, that does not amount to debate.

I'm waiting to hear an intelligent, critical, and fact-based reply from you.

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