Get Real! wrote:Niki wrote:humanist wrote:Niki, personally I beielve that Mohammed is agreat man sent to deliver a message just like Jesus , Buddha and Rumi and many others whose teachings are about love and respect. As a Christian with a close relationship to Jesus I find the coments about Mohammed to be of poor taste and incesnitivity. Can we please respect other people's religious figures tho they may be different to ours and accept that they have come with the smae message to bring us joy happiness and love.
Thank you.
Humanist of course I agree with you. Different religions should accept each other and it would be nice to think the joy happiness and love aspects were the most valued traits but this just isn't the case. As has been said it is the minority who enforce and terrorise. 99% of people are decent no matter what religion they are.
I get upset when all the things I grew up with and that are close to my heart like Christmas with all it's traditions, respect for women by men, being able to say what you think is being quashed in the name of more aggressive religions. These things are and have systematically being taken away from us. The UK is not what it was when I was younger, the traditional values have all gone!
I have aplogised for offending by posting the thoughts made by another man, I stand by this apology, the sentiments were too strongly expressed. You get so used to having your own beliefs walked over and simply having to accept this destruction as you have no say it is easy to underestimate the high emotions this causes.
Has it ever occured to you that there are elements who will try to "deprive" you from things you cherish, such as Xmas, to strengthen their cause? I can see a disguised yet systematic campaign to increase tensions between Islam and Christianity but it's up to us to fall for it.
The now tired "it offends muslims" is one such tactic on the increase disguised as anti-racist and yet it causes exactly the opposite effect which is what they really want!
Interesting thought!
There is no doubt respective governments and leaders make the situation worse.
What do you think the ultimate aim is. To create total division and war?