I Just Want To Tell U That Islam Is Not Terrorism

How is it not terrorism when your holy book tells you to kill unbelievers? How is it not terrorism when you are trying to force your beliefs and laws onto the whole world? How is it not terrorism when the only ones your respect are each other? Everything you do and say is a form of terrorism, even the so-called moderates. Even if you're not out there actively killing unbelievers, you are forcing others to subject to your religion. You make managers afraid to say anything in fear of lawsuits. You make coworkers feel uncomfortable. I work with one and she doesn't care about work if she can't pray. When you're at work, work comes first. She takes her breaks AND her prayer times at separate times. You expect EVERYBODY to revolve around you and your practices. I guess that's what happens when you only respect each other and don't give a damn about anybody else.

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room101 · 51-55, M

Why is it that, whenever the topic of Islam and its barbaric practices comes up, apologists start talking about the barbarism of Christians during The Middle Ages and the so-called Islamic period of enlightenment?

The Middle Ages ended more than 500 years ago. And even under this dark period in its history, Europe gave us the legal systems that we all live by now and the principles of secularism which underpin our democracies.

Is it so difficult to understand that one cannot credibly compare what was done 500 years ago with what is happening now?

The Age of Reason (aka The Enlightenment) is considered to be between the years 1685 to 1815. This was a time when European politics, philosophy and science were radically reoriented and questioned. Traditional authorities no longer held sway. Instead, people embraced the notion that humanity could be improved through rational thought and change.

None of that has ever happened in Islam.

What we actually had was an Islamic invasion which resulted in Muslims taking ownership of many of the depositories of knowledge. This doesn’t preclude the fact that there were many great thinkers in Islam who were able to take this knowledge, and expand upon it and disseminate it. But that’s not Enlightenment because there was no change within Islam itself.

MrBrownstone · 46-50, M

@room101 Same reason people won’t let the issue of slavery go.

SW-User

@room101 Sure one can, because Christian thought is still fundamentally medieval and exists in conflict with Enlightenment values. It's only through the overwhelming firepower of the secular state that they're not still murdering people and have to resort to persecution through more passive means. The Enlightenment happened in spite of Christianity, not because of it.

room101 · 51-55, M

@MrBrownstone Oh you mean like those in the southern states who still want to worship at the alter of slavery.

room101 · 51-55, M

@SW-User I never said that The Enlightenment happened because of Christianity. I'm well aware that the traditional authorities being challenged by The Age of Reason were Christian dogma.

And no, Christian thought is not still Medieval. Maybe in America's Bible Belt (and other parts of the US) it is but, it's a great big world beyond the confines of the USA.

MrBrownstone · 46-50, M

@room101 If they exist

room101 · 51-55, M

@MrBrownstone If who exists? I suppose that Charlottesville was the product of fake news right

MrBrownstone · 46-50, M

@room101 Thanks for proving my point.

room101 · 51-55, M

@MrBrownstone

MrBrownstone · 46-50, M

@room101 Exactly. I answered your question of if they exist. And asked who I was talking about when you asked specifically a type of person.😒

room101 · 51-55, M

@MrBrownstone Clearly you are much brighter than I am so, please show me where you answered any of my questions. To help you along, I'll summarise:

Q1. who won't let go of the issue of slavery?
Q2. who do you doubt the existence of?
Q3. was Charlottesville a made-up event?

MrBrownstone · 46-50, M

@room101 Ummm🤦🏻‍♀️
Read your questions and that’s the answers

room101 · 51-55, M

@MrBrownstone so in other words, you back up your gibberish with yet more gibberish.

Just another strutting pigeon 😕

MrBrownstone · 46-50, M

@room101 No. you don’t even pay attention to your own question.🤦🏻‍♀️

room101 · 51-55, M

So bloody typical.........he posts a reply and then blocks me. Doesn't even understand that, once he blocks someone, they can't see his reply.

Isn't talking to oneself one of the definitions of madness?

https://similarworlds.com/5385229-IVe-Been-Blocked/834114-Youre-having-a-debate-with-someone-You-deeply

Sharon · F

@MrBrownstone If you're trying to engage room101 in intellectual debate you may as well give up. He'll ignore any evidence you provide. He even ignores his own arguments half the time.

Has he accused you of being me or one of his other opposers yet? That's another of his tricks. He also claimed I'd blocked him when I hadn't, although I did subsequently.

SW-User

@room101 fair enough, I've seen revisionists trying to claim the Enlightenment for Christianity and I'm glad you're not one of them