The Inside Assyria Discussion Forum #5

=> I strongly disagree....

I strongly disagree....
Posted by pancho (Moderator) - Monday, November 10 2014, 18:20:14 (UTC)
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The actual context of the discussion, such as it was, was not a comparison of religious faiths....Affleck was specifically directing his comments at the hatred and ignorance being directed AT Islam.......the hatred and ignorance IN Islam is a subject for another day...what Affleck seemed to realize is that behind the pretext of "discussions about religion" is an assault against the PEOPLE and countries which happen to be Muslim....their religion is being presented as the "good reason" the West is over there murdering yet more Muslims....Islam is "ridiculous" or "racist" or "violent" or mean to women...or what you will...and all of it true, for the sake of argument.....remember, Christians for 1000 years had all sorts of "GOOD" reasons, they manufactured, to hate Jews....

The Christian West is using admittedly negative aspects of Islam as a pretext for murdering Muslims and attacking their countries....this is what Affleck was speaking to......I'm sure he would agree with this woman as to the negative parts of the religion...of ALL religions. But this is not the point....attacks on Islam, as a religion, are being used as the pretexts for attacks against PEOPLE...in many many cases people WE have harmed and who have every human right to seek revenge and to defend themselves...

...the discussion of the relative merits or failures of Islam, as a religion, is not the discussion to be having now...let's stop the greater crime, which is the crime, yet another, of Christianity against a people for their religion.



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