At least they've had it better than the jews.
I feel for those poor bastards.
Not me, I ADMIRE them and the tenacity they have held for thousands of years.
They were told they would have the trials and tribulations and they prepared for them. They have held the faith intact, for their own never expecting others to convert or live as they do.
God is personal for them, no street side preaching or attempts to convert the heathen among us.
Do you find it strange that most Christian Churches will teach from the Prophets of the Jews.?
Christians have a new Covenant through Jesus, yet they still go back to the old Covenant to teach their faith.
Muslim takes both Old and New beliefs and adds in their Prophet and built a tradition of their own.
No problem for me with that faith, it is the social traditions and rules that come from man, not God that annoy me. The subjection of woman, the insane tradition of alteration of little girl's has never anyone pointed out to these people that God makes people perfect and to alter the very body God gave them them is a way of saying that God made a mistake.? No one points out that to alter the body of a human is a slap in the face of God.
Christianity has many doors, we have had problems and mud slinging with in the different demonations since we first came to America. Way back when the children of our founding fathers caused a stink when they left one denomination for another because of a falling out on interpretation of the faith.
Quakers, Mormons, Seventh Day Adventists, Jehovah Witnesses, Baptists, Unitarians that began in the 1700's the Pentecostal groups and on and on.
The biggest difference in the big 3 faiths is that Judaism is a personal faith, Christianity is a comunity based faith, and Islam is a faith that goes both ways but does it with violence.
The Jews just want to be left alone but are one of the first to give aid to non-Jews in a time of trial, the Christians want to spread light and hope to others and those of Islam goes the road of Convert or DIE.
The Jews did not start a Holy War, the Christians did not start a Holy War, the everyday Muslem did not start a Holy War, it comes from the branches of Muslim that use their faith as a path to riches power and dominance.
The Jews have their radical people, the Christians have the Ilk of Pat Robinson, Jimmy Swaggart and the growing problem with Pedophiles in the Catholic Church. The Muslims have any number of leaders that demand controll of their own people down to what hand to use to pee.
The Muslem faith is out of controll today, like that long ago warrior [ Was it Alexander] who stated that to conquer a land, one must first replace their Gods with those of the invaders.
My faith encompasses all 3 faiths for the base,
belief, not the traditions built around them.
One God that wears many Hats. The tower of babble saw to it that the name of God would be different to all society's. Christians have the trinity, God, Son and Holy Ghost. [ to be fair this was a man made idea at the Diet at Worms.]
Muslims have Mohammad and he is right up there with Allah. Christians have Jesus right up there with -----what ever name you have for God.
Jews are interesting, they have their prophets and the laws these humans passed on as a personal message for them. However, their Prophets told them to get ready to live a harsh, hard life. It was up to the individual to dig their way out. The road of life was set down for them, God gave them a weapon to use, their brain and human ingenuity.
Free will, so to speak, like a father tells his children, I have given you life and the ability to control your life. There is no way a parent can keep their children from danger or death. There is still a Father to appeal to, but perhaps a father that may have other plans. Undisclosed but will down the line help the family.
Christians went and morphed into a faith that has saved humanity through War, Disease and famine. I hate to think of what would have become of Humanity without the Christian folk that have for century's hidden people of other faiths in their attics,
I would think that when it comes down to the nittie -grittie, all 3 faiths teach love and peace.
It is the the Sects within every faith that are the problem. They remind me of the abusive husband that demands complete controll of a wife or else they will kill them. They think of this as love, They demand their respect and their returned love., but they give the wife no free will.
Whatever Muslim Men follow the rules that insure THEIR comfort in life. Things are changing as the legal slave's wives-----are moving out into the western world. Their children will follow the faith but rebel when their free will is controlled by anyone.
Interesting times to watch as a religion breaks apart, the same changes as the Christians went through. This has become a religious war waged by a few powerful men in the Muslem faith. Millions of their followers do not agree, but have no recourse.
For America to fight and give great power to these few crazes is beyond me.
