Ah, THAT bodhisattva... I thought the religious one that I'd heard about in temples (old school Buddhism, dealing with past lives) was what you were talking about. My bad.
You're honestly not able to see the difference there?
Yes, of course there is a difference. The Buddha himself said "If you meet the Buddha on the road, kill him." Buddhism isn't really comparable to Abrahamic religions, although it has problems of its own.
In Islam today, ALL muslims work towards ridding all other religions or are not considered "good muslims." The instructions that say to do violent things are still IN USE.
According to a lot of sects, you're not a good Christian unless you spread the Good News (ie convert infidels to Christianity)
In Christianity and Judaism, 99% of these people never even hear the "ancient, vulgar" passages that you have just quoted. They are NOT in use anymore, because to keep them in use would require that society still be a violent, slave-loving, wife-beating, backwards society that no one could defend anymore as righteous.
Therefore, the actual instructions that muslims follow are evil & violent, while the instructions that christians and jews follow are merely designed to enslave their minds peacefully.
Most of the Muslims I know drink, eat non-halal meat and have sex outside of marriage. You're right, the extremists would probably brand them infidels and behead them with the rest of us.
However, surely you must be able to see that:
1. All Muslims are extremists
2. Any Muslim who isn't an extremist isn't really a good Muslim.
3. However, because all Muslims are extremists (see point 1), even the non-extremists are extremists.
Is a ridiculous claim.
I'd rather be surrounded by sheep than potential murderers, thanks.
I'm tempted to say something about gun laws here, but let's stick to one argument, shall we?
There may be something to this theory; it would certainly be a good tool for TPTB to use against the american public to help control them, like it did on 9/11.
However, since you included me in that statement, I'll remind you that I am convinced that 9/11 was committed by the white house, I refuse to listen to the MSM for more than a few seconds at a time, and I've come to my conclusions about islam based upon my own investigations alone.
Ok, if you say so.
It seems obvious to me that you have a problem sensing threat, just like pretty much all of Europe did. You are giving the tree jumpers way too much credit, which is exactly what they want, so they can turn your town into a 100% Muslim town.
You sound like the BNP over here. I see plenty of threat... however I see it in different place to you.
Imagine moving a bunch of Christians to the city of Mecca and violently protesting how they are treated. What would be the result?
Probably the same as a bunch of Muslims protesting about how they're treated in Jerusalem, on land that used to be theirs.
Yet they move to christian territories and do the same thing, driving Christians out, multiplying like bunny rabbits... Mathematically it is all but impossible for non-muslims to survive in Europe in the next century without some kind of mass bloodbath happening soon. This threat is clearly a large one.
Islam in Europe - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Depends which Think tank you believe. Also, high birth rate is a function of poverty and low education levels. Most Muslims in Europe are currently in lower socio-economic groups (because a lot of them are immigrants from rural areas in places like Bangladesh).
Typically, women would have an arranged marriage at 16-18, then keep having kids until they couldn't any more. As their wealth increases, they are falling into Western patterns - delaying marriage / kids until their 30s, using contraceptions etc.
There IS a very strong movement against women's rights in Islam, and that is something which is worth investigating. Which is one of the reasons I'm trying to encourage you to move on from a simple "they are all bad, ummkay" viewpoint, because it doesn't really help you.
Frankly I'm glad for the sake of all americans that we would start associating them like the red threat of communism... It'll be the one tool we have to keep them from doing the same here.
(Aside: Thailand, of course, is already dealing with some of this crap coming up from Indonesia but Thais are smart enough to see it as a threat already and actively combat it down at the southern border.)
I don't really have much to say about that, because I never really understood the anti-communist fervour. I mistrust all goverments and religions equally.