Recent content by rivergum

There are no slaves in the West. And if you know of any you should immediately report the matter to the police. I really struggle to believe you think it OK to keep slaves. This is the 21st century.

That's what I thought - for Islam slavery is valid. Which I why I won't become a Muslim and will advocate that Islamic law never get's a foothold in my country - Islamic law is barbaric.

Par for the course I'm afraid. What's the saucepan doing on the Israli's solider helmet?

As I said - the article was a polemic and fails to recognize that we now live in the 21st century and not the 1st century. The Bible also sanctions all sorts of other behaviour which we now find abhorrent. Stoned anyone lately? How about burning an ox in your backyard? All of these...

Basically the article is nothing short of a polemic against Christianity. The article, like Richards Dawkins, does little more than out line the worst attributes of Christianity. This is not 'news' as you seem to think or the article seeks to suggests. It totally ignores the fact that it...

I am actually surprised the question has been raised. I thought both slavery and rape are universally condemned - apparently not.

I don't think it is gibberish at all. The 'background' (the fundamentals) of Islam is similar to both Jewish and Christian traditions - but that 'background' has been given a continual 'face lift' to reflect certain worldly concerns. Thank you. I apologize if I have offended anyone.

Sadly - I am not surprised at Israeli's reaction. Of course, on of the means of self-supporting these illegal settlements is through the production of munitions. Israel is hardly going to let the UN in to see for itself.

Growing is hard to do and none of us seem to perfect the art - at 69 I'm still learning.

It seems the French government has now banned Muslim clerks who were already cleared to come to France have now been refused entry. The government has resorted to panic mode in the face of the election.

One of the reason I left Christianity is its insistence that the OT is full of prophecies concerning Jesus. For my part, it is very easy to look back in hindsight and cut text out of context and thereby create pretext. In fact, I could very easily cut any bits of texts out and stitch them...

I think you under value yourself. Thank you.

Not really interested in stories - more interested in behaviour. If God hates so much I am left wondering what could he possible love.

Thank you for your reasoned responses. What I struggle to understand is why, for so many, hatred and intolerance amongst Muslims seems endemic. That is the view from the outside. Peace

I'm glad I'm not a Muslim. You guys are worse than Christians over who is/who is not 'orthodox'. The reason I have made no commitment is Islam is the continuing hostilities which leave people dead in many parts of the world - all supposedly in the name of God. It took the Christian...