General Politics Discussion Topic [closed]

Originally posted by Guenther:[..]

Forgive me, I admit I know little about Islam, but I thought Islam followed the Old Testament?

Originally posted by haytrain:Looks like we might have to open up the Religion Topic again...what do you say, Casper?

Originally posted by LikeASong:[..]Then you are as crazy as he. How can you have such opinions? Killing criminals instead of keeping them jailed?

Originally posted by Ali709:[..]

As far as I know, Islam recognizes and accepts the previous prophets and holy books (keep in mind we consider Jesus Christ to be a prophet), but the rules aren't all the same. All islamic rules are to be extracted from the Quran. Not all scholars follow this...many of them mix up stuff with the Quran, which has turned to all these terrorist groups, or as an example, the Salman Rushdie fatwa.

Now, in Quran, there is this verse, which says that there is nothing worse than taking a life, killing a person, the only situation where you might do it is if it is a punishment for murder or someone who causes "terror in the land". The next verse says that the families of victims have the right to ask for this punishment, but it persuades them to forgive the criminal and let him/her live.

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I hope my answers don't turn this place to that

Originally posted by wtshnnfb01:[..]

Just because I have a diffrent opinion dont make me crazy.

Originally posted by flowerchild:[..]

I'm not so sure about that (I could do the same like you earlier and start about hitler, but let's not do that.. too easy).

Originally posted by Guenther:
Death Penalty? God set up the Death Penalty as a form of punishment. I think He knows more than me, so I will defer to His judgement.

Originally posted by wtshnnfb01:Just because I have a diffrent opinion dont make me crazy.

Originally posted by wtshnnfb01:I have studied your religion. Its a shame how people manipulate it.

Originally posted by vanquish:[..]

Did everyone forget the Balkan War? Is should also add South & Central America to that list. And I didn't suggest you are animals, its just that some of the governments in these countries get away with atrocities, like 9/11 which you claim ignorantly that the Americans perpetrated, so they could spend billions and lose thousands more lives fighting halfway across the world, in a rocky desert.

Originally posted by Guenther:[..]

The God that Bono follows....

Originally posted by Guenther:The God that Bono follows....and he used to require the sacrifices until He died for us....

Originally posted by yuri31:[..]

I didn't say anything about the US perpetrating 9/11 attacks
and ok, gotta agree on the Balkan War

Sorry I read your 'excuse me' response and confused you with Yogi.

Originally posted by yuri31:[..]

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saying what I think isn't saying what America should do or trying to rewrite its history, or am I wrong? and of course people do point out problems of the US, it's the biggest superpower in the world.

Originally posted by LikeASong:[..]Man, the Old Testament is nothing but an incredible amount of invented stories, written by people that had not the Internet in order to enjoy themselves, and wrote something that later became a book called the Bible... I believe that one God once created a small piece of the universe, but since then he has done nothing over here.... And of course he didn't require any sacrifices nor ordered death penalties...
Jesus Christ, nevertheless, surely died for us