cause he gave you the wrong key..Because it's jammed? Needs trimming?
cause he gave you the wrong key..Because it's jammed? Needs trimming?
Think about it. I can tell you about the door.. I can even hand you the key.. but I cannot open the door for you.
A magical land of chocolate and candy? And I just have to believe in it? Do you think I'm 3 years old?
@charles -- Yes but at least they've stopped killing people who believe differently, that was a big thing in christianity for a good long while there.
And yet we know that their (fundamentalists) overall numbers are declining, just as the RCC is experiencing a drop in believers world wide.
How do you know about the door?
So... popular culture, which is the product of mythology. At least Lori7 claimed to have a personal revelation, you are just a follower.
There has to be some reason why Muslim terrorism has been such a problem to the West. It is a problem that may still be growing despite the killing of its leaders.
If we knew what is causing it, would could perhaps bring it to an end. If we don't, we are just thrashing in the dark!
Myself, I conclude it is because they once had a civilization that dominated half the world and are proud of their impressive cultural heritage. They see it being dragged in the mud every day. They feel humiliated and resentful. The religious extremists feed on this deep, mostly suppressed resentment. . .
I have had direct experience with this. When I lived for three years in Indonesia, a Muslim country, a Muslim I knew showed me a picture of the 9/11 catastrophy. He tried unsuccessfully to hide expressions of pride.
And he was secular---and no "Arab."
O.K. Charles I am going to attempt a link . If I am successful it might behoove you to read it for a better understanding of Muslim mind sets . At least any that read these writings if they present for you . O.K. wish Me luck
http://khalifatullahmehdi.info/books/english/Al-Aqaid-partIII.PDF
We had the same problem with LTTE terrorists who killed the Prime Minister of India for politically interfering in their country. After Rajiv Gandhi was assassinated by a suicide bomber [note that we did not spend years and trillions blaming their religion or lack thereof and invading their country and bankrupting ourselves] India washed its hands off military interference in Sri Lanka's ethnic problems and left them to resolve it themselves
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liberation_Tigers_of_Tamil_Eelam
Terrorism is essentially a tool for political change and the change is enforced by instilling terror especially when the two sides are not matched in power.