Post by boscoPost by boscoPost by boscoPost by Tra LalaAre professed Muslims who turn themselves into living bombs
acting out of bravery - or cowardice?
Is the rest of the world acting bravely or
cowardly by "turning the other cheek" and making
excuses for Muslims in general?
Well it is not as simple as bravery or cowardice. They have a mortal
obligation to protect their religion and way of life.
When the world was under exploration a few hundred years back, the first
people to arrive in a 'new world' after the explorers were Monks and
Priests. Thier purpose was to convert the heathen to Christianity. Jump
forward a few hundred years.
If you are a Christian you too have a moral, religious and mortal
obligation to protect Christianity at any cost, your life at that point
being of no value. It is not mentioned in a Christian Church, and it
sure is not pasted in the Sunday fliers, but it is the first and formost
Christian obligation. If you doubt this ask your Pastor or Priest. They
will fidget and mumble, but they know it is a true statement. Hence the
Crusades for example.
These Muslim Extremists have no fighter aircraft, bombers, heavy
weapons, etc, all they really have is their belief. Muslim extremists
know they are outnumbered thousands to one.
If it were you and you felt your religion was on the line, what would
you do to try and even the odds and protect your religious beliefs?
Would you become a fanatic, or decide your beliefs were all wrong and
let them go?
I'd go for blue jeans, rock and roll, and sex, but maybe not in that order...
Much better alternative for sure
It's not that I mind a stoned women, but rock is for listening, not throwing;-)
Once again from their point of view. Their laws are to ensure that a
Man's son is indeed his son, and not another man's son. Some of those
families can trace their family tree for a thousand years or more.
Their selective breeding habits haven't done them much good. In a
society like ours where there are so many bastard children around,
even if you don't publicly acknowledge the child as yours, you will
most likely want the child to succeed in life and will help them out
if you can. And when you have an affair with someone, even if a child
isn't conceived, you will usually have good feelings for them and
their family, whereas in Muslim countries they only like their own
children and relatives and to hell with everyone else unless it's
a family they want an alliance with. Arranged marriages without love
can breed contempt, anger, hatred which can translate into aggression
against non family members, and can begin a domino effect, that with
retribution and their long memories can continue until the end of time.
Post by boscoIn Europe women of note were required to wear chastity belts. In general
they were never left alone with another man, or men that were not close
family.
Close family never was a sure thing against infidelity.
Post by boscoIf you happened to have an estate of note, and it is to be passed on
only to the oldest son and there was no dna or other testing, how would
you ensure that the oldest son is yours and not an enemies child as part
of a lifetime plot against you?
In general, that is the way we all do it. No one lets their wife be
around men in private if it can be helped. Henry the 8'th is the most
known for having more than one wife executed for adultry, real or not.
It was a common practice among nobility in Europe in the dark ages, and
not because it was true.
I agree with your pov, but it helps to put yourself in their place. They
are barely out of the bronze age for the most part.
On Yahoo.com under Most e-mailed photos there were two pictures. One was
of a Sumatran orangutan and the other was of a Afghani man. I had to
look real close to see the difference between them.
Post by boscoIf a man only has a
house and land to pass on he wants to know it is going to his son and
not another man's child. How else can a society create and enforce laws
to make is likely as possible a male child is your child?
From a high level, every woman in their country knows the rules of
married life. As stupid as it seems, if a man commits a felony crime and
is found guilty, it is possible his wife will be killed or sent to
prison for the crime.
It's good to have more than one wife for times like that. If someone
hates you they don't always go after the man, they kidnap a daughter
and rape them, then let the family kill the daughter because she was
raped.
China is a shining example of why this is so; men
Post by boscoare more valuable for the continuation of the population than women
because men protect territory, win new territory, bring home the meat,
etc. Women bear and raise children.
I agree with you, it is not right and no one should be stoned to death,
I don't think men get stoned to death for adultery in Pakistan and
other Muslim countries. A woman doesn't have a chance if she's caught.
Post by boscobut with all the inequities here and all over the world, it is just
another case of something that should not be allowed to happen
happening. Fortunately for us, we do not live under that system of justice.