alt.education

On Mar 20, 3:28=A0pm, Bob LeChevalier wrote:
> itsall_bull wrote:
> >Christianity didn't exist during the period of the Old Testament.
> >Do you know of any Christians who advocate and practice the
> >bizarre and hideous atrocities the Muslims do?
>
> Not personally, but there are certainly Christian advocates for
> Biblical Law. =A0They pick and choose which are necessary and which are
> acceptable in modern society. =A0

There are people like that on the fringes of Christianity. There
have always been heresies and I suspect their always will be
so long as human beings have free will. Humans are basically
flawed. They grow old, wear out and die. Just like everything
else on this Planet.

>And there are Orthodox Jews who try to
> be more or less rigorous about following Old Testament Law, but who
> don't insist on stoning their children. =A0Why don't you allow Moslems
> the same privilege as Orthodox Jewry. =A0They can follow many of their
> laws without violating ours.

I believe that is so. However, I am speaking of the radical
extremists who insist that all other people must live exactly
as they do and believe exactly as they do. Some
"Christians" see the world the same way. Such people,
regardless of their declared religion, are fundamentally
annal retentives who must go through life telling other
people what to do.

>
> >No civilized country should practice Shari'a law.
>
> Get over the idea that Sharia Law is necessarily the version advocated
> by extremists.

Is there more than one version of Shari'a law? Islam needs to
go through a reformation and join the 21st Century.
=A0
>
> >Muslim who refuse to assimilate should be told "It's my way or the highwa=
y!"
>
> Do you say that about Orthodox Jews, too?

No! Orthodox Jews don't run around with dynamite
strapped to their chests and blow innocent people
up. Jews were cowed into concentration camps by
the Nazis and nearly exterminated. Does that sound
like a religion based on the sword?

Do you know of another religion like Islam that teaches
their children that Christians and Jews are apes and
swine and should be killed?

>
> lojbab