Theos-Talk Archives (December 2001 Message tt00079)

Great cycles and so forth: birth, be, decay: perhaps
Islam is heading towards decay? Certainly one would
think Christianity is (well, at least from my vantage
point anyway).



--- Etzion Becker <etvionbb@netvision.net.il> wrote:
> I personally have great respect for Islam and the
> Prophet, and for any
> believers. It is that all of our religions have
> their *period* of insanity,
> the Jews, Christians, and many others go crazy and
> wreck havoc all over the
> place. These people don't live what they preach, and
> usually in the
> Arab-Moslem world, the *leaders* push their flock
> forward, not like during
> their high times, when the leaders were really in
> the front, which is the
> key for any victory, be it on the battle field, or
> the spiritual battle
> field.
> -
> 
> > Quite right. I am sure you noticed Mullah Omar
> wanted
> > to fight to the last drop of someone else's blood
> > until recently, and urged his followers to be
> martyrs.
> > Now that his personal safety is in danger, he is
> > reportedly offering to surrender in exchange for
> > amnesty. Conclusion: the imams don't believe
> their
> > own B.S., at least where martyrdom is concerned.
> >
> > Come to think of it, I don't believe any of it.
> >
> 
> 
> 
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