11-08-2015, 12:14 PM
(11-07-2015, 10:33 PM)masterpanthera_t Wrote: Saying that "the Islamic religion is very oppressive" is like saying that the Christian religion is oppressive. There are oppressive Muslims, as there are oppressive Christians. There are moderate Muslims and even Muslims who wouldn't call for gays to be killed or women to be treated as lesser people. I wouldn't call Christianity an oppressive religion anymore than I would Islam. That doesn't mean that throughout the world there isn't a wide gamut of people of many religions who can fall under different degrees of oppressiveness. There are Christians in Africa who murder gays and publicly intimidate and incite violence in many ways against many things. There are black Muslims in America who would neither mistreat women nor be intimidating toward gays (although I'm sure some of them do exist who would do those things). It would be unfair to many Muslims to be painted with such a broad brush. There are many Muslim countries where the culture is the issue when it comes to how we perceive their flaws, not really the religion.
As far as klansmen for President:
Unless there's a wide spectrum of "klanism" that maybe I'm not aware of, are we not talking about a fairly homogeneous group with the same set of beliefs? Is it even possible to be a klan member and have beliefs like all Americans are equal, liberty and justice for all, etc.? I am not sure how someone can claim to be a klan member and still be consistent with equality for everyone. Hypothetically speaking it would be interesting to see such a thing exist, but that's enough of this funny exercise.
Therefore, I would judge the candidate on the merit of his beliefs, in the sense of how he carries them in his actions, especially considering that many religions have an umbrella of beliefs that are picked and chosen by their believers.
Reading a post which makes this sense in these parts is like spotting Big Foot riding a unicorn.
