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Originally Posted by Webby
Got to say Mr Blue, I've never read the Koran 
Oh.. I'm sure good "Christians" have some extreme views on our chosen occupation and USC 2257 is but a droplet in an ocean if they could have their way  They know above all others what is best. |
lol, yes, that's why I said I can't stand all established religions. Christians are just as intolerant, but their method of converting non-believers, at least the written word on the topic (this wasn't always practiced), is through missionary work, etc.
If you really read through the Koran the whole middle east thing gets put into the perspective of a religious war. No matter what Israel did...they would still be hated by the Muslim. Let me get out the Koran for a minute and just type out a few bits from it:
"Allah stamped wretchedness upon the Jews because they killed the prophets and disbelieved Allah's revelations."
"Jews are the greediest of all humankind."
"Kill disbelievers wherever you find them. If they attack you, then kill them. Such is the reward of disbelievers."
"For the wrongdoing Jews, Allah has prepared a painful doom"
"Allah has cursed the Jews and hardened their hearts. Nearly all of them are treacherous."
That's just a little bit, there's quite a lot to do with the punishment of "disbelievers"...How will there ever be peace in the Middle East when fundamentalism like that grips it so hard? There won't be peace. If Israel turned a new leaf over tomorrow, if they refused to attack, refused to defend itself, what would happen to them?
I'm not condoning what's happening, but its happening because of a hatred that's been there for thousands of years. No one is going to be able to stop it. They can maybe contain it, but it will never end as long as people grasp onto myths to guide their lives.