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Turbineguy

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1. Oh dear....

Reply to WillyT (Original post)

Sat Jan 10, 2015, 08:57 PM

Jan 2015

they've been murdering all those people for nothing then.

Well, other than the satisfaction of murdering people.

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The Koran Does Not Forbid Images of the Prophet - Newsweek [View all] WillyT Jan 2015 OP

Oh dear.... Turbineguy Jan 2015 #1

Kind of like the Fundy Christians blowing up clinics and killing people because LiberalArkie Jan 2015 #3

but Christianity at large condemns those acts without hesitation samsingh Jan 2015 #6

Yep... Fundamentalists Of All Stripes Are Willig To Kill For Their Beleifs... WillyT Jan 2015 #7

Extremists being extreme, misrepresenting the faith. Happens all the time. NYC_SKP Jan 2015 #2

Kind of like whites killing blacks hoping it will start the proverbial "race riots" LiberalArkie Jan 2015 #5

They did do that, like after the Rodney King verdict. NYC_SKP Jan 2015 #8

"Misrepresenting the faith"....how convenient brooklynite Jan 2015 #34

Were you thinking that the attacks were really representative of the faith? Were you? NYC_SKP Jan 2015 #36

Representative of the faith as most people practice it? No brooklynite Jan 2015 #38

I guess it's a little bit a matter of semantics. NYC_SKP Jan 2015 #39

Might it be that the purpose of castizing the worship of idols, while not prohibitng their imagrey Fred Sanders Jan 2015 #4

The original fear was that images of the prophet Warpy Jan 2015 #27

No, "they" have not. A few mad men have, because mad men are like that. Fred Sanders Jan 2015 #30

A. No, only a few have. B. It's not unique to Islam. NYC_SKP Jan 2015 #37

Maybe the author can present a Mohammed drawing of her own oberliner Jan 2015 #9

Why Should She... The Point Is Already Made... WillyT Jan 2015 #10

To underline her point oberliner Jan 2015 #11

The Bible/Torah Are Far Older Than That... WillyT Jan 2015 #12

Yes indeed they are oberliner Jan 2015 #16

And How Does "Modern" Christianity Feel About Sodomy ??? WillyT Jan 2015 #24

Yeah so what? The Bible doesn't say Jesus was born on Christmas day. rhett o rick Jan 2015 #13

But.. but... I Thought There Was A War On Christmas ??? WillyT Jan 2015 #14

Even people that don't believe that Christmas had anything to do with the birth rhett o rick Jan 2015 #23

Are you comparing the day people celebrate a birth to murdering people over a picture? joeglow3 Jan 2015 #18

No of course not. The OP is about how some read something into the Quran that isn't there. rhett o rick Jan 2015 #25

Sorry. I was just fucking with you. joeglow3 Jan 2015 #26

Dang I am really poor at catching sarcasm. rhett o rick Jan 2015 #33

Does DU forbid images of the prophet ? Rhinodawg Jan 2015 #15

Did you miss the one in the OP? RandiFan1290 Jan 2015 #29

Here is how I interpret the broad religious warnings against "graven images" and why Warren DeMontague Jan 2015 #17

Take a break from all this for a bit, and listen to SLAYER !!! Burf-_- Jan 2015 #19

So what? It is a commonly-held belief in Sunni Islam, and that's all that matters. kwassa Jan 2015 #20

Correction Burf-_- Jan 2015 #21

I stand corrected. kwassa Jan 2015 #22

Except where you do... brooklynite Jan 2015 #35

This message was self-deleted by its author JonLP24 Jan 2015 #28

Islam as practised by the majority Muslims today, however, does. Donald Ian Rankin Jan 2015 #31

That's what the Taliban and ISIS would like you to believe Turborama Jan 2015 #32