It's all about perspective?

Post #13,720 by brettj 10/17/01 4:42:17 AM Reply	It's all about perspective? I think that's what you are getting at. I tried to figure out a way to justify suicide and murder from the Islamic perspective but what I think you are telling me was that I was still relying on the Bible for background logic. You, on the other hand, see a vastly different justification based upon Islamic pride in their prophet, ignoring the prior prophets that Islam is supposed to respect and admire. You think Islamic believers think Muhammad was the wisest of the prophets, even though he couldn't preform miracles and had numerous human shortcomings. I suspect you are right, even if it sounds mildly dis-logical. When pride, prejudice and power come into play, people can justify almost anything, even committing mass murder in the name of Allah.
Post #13,792 by JayMehaffey 10/17/01 2:39:12 PM Reply	Partially I actually thought you where trying to refute terrorism, but yes, your logic was littered with Christian thinking. I don't think a Muslim would ever raise the point about Jesus. A Muslim will refer to Muhammad when possible, but if there isn't a saying by him to use I suspect they would be more likely to appeal to Moses then Jesus. I suspect the long history of conflict between Muslims and Christians has something to do with this though. The Koran does have a fair amount of space talking about Jesus, but modern Muslims don't refer to it. Jesus is a non-issue to them, unless they want to play up the compatibility between their religion and others. As for you final point, yes I think most Muslims would consider Muhammad the wisest of the prophets. But from a religious perspective, his most important trait was that he was the last, his word is the final word. And in case, I would still argue that Islam is a more militant religion then Christianity in general. Jay
Post #13,900 by brettj 10/18/01 12:19:38 AM Reply	Re: refuting terrorism and Bible ties Sorry bout that. I was trying to refute terrorism using Islamic laws (but trying to understand murder/revenge from a Islamic extremist justification). Apparently the radical Islam extremists do not give as much credit to prior Bible Prophets as I thought they would.

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