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2017-03-14 Olde Tyme Religion

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Posted by Fred 2017-03-14 00:00|| || Front Page|| [3 views ] Top

#1 Dr Niaz Murtaza being that his name starts with Dr is clearly the best that "secular" has to offer and after many words his conclusion sounds like an opinion. So my opinion, Islam is an entitlement demanding ideology with enforcement by violent means. Violence leads to desolation and death, not success and life. Entitlement leads to bankruptcy, not productivity.

His apples and oranges are Atheism vs Islam. And so where has atheism ever succeeded? The Soviet Union that crushed any religion that would be a threat to "secular" power figures? Venezuela? Cuba? North Korea? Detroit?

Being in a Muslim environment the Dr cannot and will not even mention Christianity or he may loose his life to Islamists, the very religion he is trying so hard to find an answer to Islam bringing success to society comparable to the Western success.

So he finds that the very core of success under Islamic is hard to pin down, indeed impossible.

That is what makes Christianity so simple and successful, the core of which is this, "In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God... The Word became flesh and made his dwelling among us." (John Chapter 1, A Disciple of Jesus of Nazareth, foretold of by Isaiah 700 years prior to his time) With the core of his message being Love and Peace which leads to Life and Prosperity.

Posted by Jiggs Speaking for Boskone6647 2017-03-14 02:11|| 2017-03-14 02:11|| Front Page Top

#2 My comment above was regarding his question regarding Islam. "Firstly, what constitutes God’s word?"

In Christianity, the answer in simple.

Posted by Jiggs Speaking for Boskone6647 2017-03-14 02:17|| 2017-03-14 02:17|| Front Page Top

#3 The writer heads INSPIRING Pakistain, a progressive policy unit, and is a senior fellow with UC Berkeley.

Well, it is easier - not to mention safer, to inspire Pakistan from Berkeley.

Posted by g(r)omgoru 2017-03-14 03:24|| 2017-03-14 03:24|| Front Page Top

#4 "...The Medina system was heavily reliant on the presence of people of very high morals, the likes of whom are absent today."

Mohammud's rule from Medina was characterized by killing lots of people, robbing caravans and forcing his religion on anyone left alive. Yup. High morals.

Posted by lord garth 2017-03-14 08:16|| 2017-03-14 08:16|| Front Page Top

#5 In Scarne's New Complete Guide to Gambling the author tells of his reply when asked to describe a winning system for a game where a ball rattles around on a wheel and settles in a slot (you know the game I'm talking about, but using the name will bin this comment).
Scarne's advice _ "Go play some other game..." I'd say that applies in the case of pisslam also.

Posted by M. Murcek 2017-03-14 08:36|| 2017-03-14 08:36|| Front Page Top

#6 MANY people say Pakistain’s problems today stem from the wilful failure of rulers to establish an Islamic system.

Replace Pakistain with Western culture, God with Social Justice, and Islam with Socialism and the article still works.

Posted by gorb 2017-03-14 11:06|| 2017-03-14 11:06|| Front Page Top

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