Islam Against Isis.

[theaternut]

It is disgusting that the news media attempts to stop any connection between beheadings commited by groups like ISIS and the religion of Islam. This kind of political correctness is dangerous. How can we protect ourselves from an enemy that promises to destroy us if we cannot be honest about the root of the problem, which is grounded in the teachings of Islam. HOW?

[PalJoey]

Oy gevalt.

[theaternut]

But it is true.

[HorseTears]

You are ADORABLE, theaternut. Thanks for the laffs!

[theaternut]

I aim to please. Glad we agree.

[FindingNamo]

Accent grave on the last syllable. Like Zee-nee-YA.

[Mister Matt]

Oh, I'd love to see that same sort of media connection to American Christianity. I never will, but it'd be fun. At any rate, in the case of Islam, the media doesn't need to cover it (except the factless media like Fox News). Tea Partiers, "Libertarians", and whatever the crazy ignorant conservative conspiracy theorists wish to call themselves today have had it thoroughly covered since 9/11. I do find it humorous that people still think the only Muslims in the world are the violent extremists. Sort of like how the only Christians in the world are Nazis or KKK.

[ErikJ972]

Educate yourself

[Liza's Headband]

Theatrenut - peaceful Muslims and militant or radical Islamists are not the same group of people...

[PalJoey]

Well, FINALLY you're saying "radical Islamists" and no longer using the name of the single group called "Islamic Jihad"!

Anyone interested in Muslims who are standing against ISIS can start with this article from yesterday's Huff Post, which has many links within it:





HUFFINGTON POST: Muslims Stand Against ISIS, Too

[FindingNamo]

I like the part in Erik's link where the Muslims talk about how the venerate Jesus in their teachings and many people name their sons after him. Then they ask why Christians don't follow the teachings of Jesus.

Excellent question for the nut and the abscessory.

[theaternut]

Liza, I didn't say they were. I said that the news media attempts to stop any connection between beheadings commited by groups like ISIS and the religion of Islam.

[theaternut]

Erik and Pal I find your links to be very enlightening. All I am saying is that their teachings are grounded in the beliefs of Islam.

[Liza's Headband]

I suppose this would be semantics, TN, but I see it more as... they just do not cover or address it. Not "stop." They are willfully complicit either way, though, and I do agree with you. They are weary of offending the Muslims, I imagine.

[madbrian]

Funny how, over so many centuries, so much violence has been done in the name of Christianity in general, and Catholicism in particular. However, no one classifies either as a religion of violence.

[ErikJ972]

"Although many people today believe that that religious fanaticism "causes" terrorism, it isn't true. It may be true that religious fanaticism creates conditions that are favorable for terrorism. But we know that religious zealotry does not 'cause' terrorism because there are many religious fanatics who do not choose terrorism or any form of violence. So there must also be other conditions that in combination provoke some people to see terrorism as an effective way of creating change in their world."

What causes terrorism? (Hint: it isn't Islam)

[theaternut]

@Madbrian; I do.

[Liza's Headband]

We are a country of violence. We were built on the backs of slaves and we slaughtered millions of Native Americans. Do you hold yourself responsible for those actions, just as Christians and Catholics are supposed to hold themselves responsible for something their predecessors or ancestors did hundreds and thousands of years ago?

In 2014, I fail to find any large organized religious groups, identified as Catholics or Christians, running around America bombing our places of worship, robbing our banks, stoning our women, raping our babies, and beheading "infidels." Do you? I don't see Jews or Muslims doing that, either. I do, however, see radical Islamists doing it.

[ErikJ972]

So how come you're not disgusted by the fact the media doesn't portray Catholicism as a violent religion?

[theaternut]

I am disgusted by so many things with Catholicism. But we are talking about Islam and ISIS in particular.

[Liza's Headband]

Are there Catholics currently bombing churches, kidnapping children, stoning women, beheading non-Catholics, and extorting innocent civilians? Where? Where are they?

[madbrian]

Up until very recently, the IRA was committing horrible acts of violence, with much of their funding coming from Irish-Catholic Americans.

[Mister Matt]

10 worst examples of Christian or far-right terrorism

[Liza's Headband]

You're comparing terrible, indefensible acts of violence by lone nut-jobs over the course of multiple decades to organized, militarized groups of religious fanatics committing thousands of murders and kidnappings every day just the span of a few months?! Holy f*cking Christ. I hope no one accepts that as a reasonable comparison.

[FindingNamo]

JESUS said to love your enemy. That's what JESUS said. Obviously one of the hardest things JESUS ever said. But JESUS meant it.

[Liza's Headband]

I do not believe in Jesus and I do not follow an organized religion, though I support the right to do so. But I hope He is leading you down a good and positive path.