From: Christopher Whipple (crw@well.com)
Date: Tue Oct 15 2002 - 15:50:47 MDT
My point remains.
If death doesn't save non-believers from the Hell-fire, and they're
going to die anyway, what's the use in killing them?
On reflection, I suppose that's best kept a rhetorical question as it
can be answered in any number of odd ways - we kill the infidels to
cleanse the earth, we kill the infidels to raise our standing before
allah, we kill the infidels because it gives us joy-joy feelings.
In deference to Samantha's post; I believe FutureQ's original point
also remains - and I'm paraphrasing here - on the whole, religion
causes more problems than it solves and it's not limited to the faith
of Islam. I believe there *is* a place for religion in the world; I
just wish its prominence weren't so, well, prominent - I guess. :)
-crw.
On Tuesday, October 15, 2002, at 05:18 PM, J Corbally wrote:
>
>> Date: Mon, 14 Oct 2002 14:53:58 -0400
>> From: Christopher Whipple <crw@well.com>
>> Subject: Tangent: Koran Quotes
>
> <snippage fest>
>
>> From: The Creator
>> Traditional Chapter: 35
>> "As for the unbelievers, the fire of Hell awaits them. Death shall not
>> deliver them, nor shall its torment be ever lightened for them. Thus
>> shall the thankless be rewarded."
>> (the last two were rather vague - not in intents, but in methods. If
>> Death shall not deliver, what's the point of killing? Of course, it's
>> all in the interpretation)
>
> Deliver basically means "save". Death shall not save them from
> further punishment. Killing them shall send them to Hell.
>
> "Deliver us, Lord, from every Evil, and grant us peace in our day" -
> from the Catholic mass (what I can remember of it).
>
>
> James...
>
>
> "If you can't take a little bloody nose, maybe you ought to go back
> home and
> crawl under your bed. It's not safe out here. It's wondrous, with
> treasures
> to satiate desires both subtle and gross. But it's not for the timid."
> -Q, Star Trek:TNG episode 'Q Who'
>
>
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