Raithere said:
I really wonder why you’re here PM. I have nothing against Flores, I find her intelligent and insightful. We’re rational adults though and we have the ability to discuss, debate, and disagree without mistaking our disagreements for personal attacks. Being able to do this without becoming full of rage allows us to learn from each other things we might not otherwise learn. Flores and I may disagree about Evolution and many other things but that does not make us enemies.
Oh please, dont personalize the issue now, it is not about flores.
You on the other hand, do perceive me as an enemy, despite the fact that I’ve never done you any harm and only wish you well.
Did I declare you as an enemy ?????
In fact, you seem to perceive everyone who disagrees with you as your enemy and that’s a dangerous attitude.
It is the other way around, you perceive everyone who disagrees with you as someone who is not educated, backward....etc...typical western self-rightous hypocritical attitude.
I think that she’s a better representative than you are.
Sure, someone who claim to be Muslim and appear in Bikini is better representative than me !!!!
You guys love such kind of Muslims, Muslims who imitate you blindly on the expense of their faith...but nah, you wont find that in me even if all of you here ganged against me...that will only increase my resolve.
Not one of the Muslims I have known has ever demonstrated the rage and enmity you do PM, not one.
I did not demonstarted any rage and enmity my friend, perhaps you live in the virtual world, dare and make fun of ISLAM in front of those muslim friends of yours and let us see how tolerant will they be ?????
The thing is I think it would be incredibly interesting to know you better. I know very little about Syria, particularly about what daily life is like there. I think it would be very enlightening to find out more. What is your media like? Do you trust it as unbiased or do you see reasons to question what gets reported in the public media?
Syria is the most beautiful country on earth, it is 6000 years old, under every sand of my land there is a story of an invader or conqueror....you should try to visit it one day.
The media there is largely controled by the government, so it is not trust worthy, we have satellite TV though where we watch all the BS coming from the CNN and FOX JEWS..we have at least 200 channels to choose from in our taking on the news, the best is AL JAZEERA.
What about your government?
My government is run by young educated president who is trying to improve our lives but restricted by the old guards who were with his father during the past 30 years when one dictator run Syria.
What is your neighborhood like? Is everyone in your area Muslim?
My neighbourhood is very anceint, I live in a place with around 50% christians, eastern christians, I live beside a church and that was never a problem.
What is it like growing up and being a teenager? You could tell me so much; help me to understand your point of view and your opinions; help me to understand your culture and your country… and maybe I could even teach you something about mine.
Sure, I like you when you show respect, maybe we should understand that we came from 2 very different cultures and that if you want to understand ISLAM, you have to go to the original sources, not some hybrid deformities like flores.
I grew up in very connected society, I have around 100 memebr of my extended family, we knew our neighbours by name to the 10th block, we live in blocks of flats ( 4 floors ), we lived very peaceful life, no crime at all, not a single house have been stolen in my neighbourhood...
The Magnificent Castle of Aleppo ( the biggest in the world ).
I came from an ancient city called HALAB ( Aleppo in English), it is situated to the north of Syria, it was the city that most of SALADIN's army who crushed the crusaders came from ( my heroic ancestors ). when you dig to lay down a foundation for new building, you will find in Aleppo 7-9 layers of cities, each belong to different civilization, my heritage is very very rich of all sort of cultures and civilizations, it has been crowned by ISLAM.
Aleppo's Main public Garden.
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The ancient parts of Aleppo.
Aleppo at night: the Majestic lights of the Orient.
But you won’t. You’re on a crusade. The moment I disagreed with you I became your enemy because you cannot abide any dissent to your opinion. I’m just the DISGUSTING, SELFISH, MATERIALIST, INTELLECTUALLY HOPELESS ATHEIST to you.
No, you are wrong, you are not my enemy, you can disagree, but disagree with RESPECT, I have special respect for you for your ability to reason not like other western hypocrites.
Apparently you haven’t really been reading the posts because she doesn’t agree with me. But even if she did it would not make her any less of a Muslim. You assume too much PM. You are self-righteous, judgmental, narrow minded, and tyrannical. But you are not Allah. You are not the judge of Flores, me, or anyone else.
I dont care about her, I was trying to help her but she suddenly switched sides and started attacking me with no reason, I dont judge, but I ask you not to judge as well, I ask you not to compare me with flores, because we are very different, I dont get any pleasure from being associated with her.
I got very disappointed with her reaction, she bites the hands that try to help her !