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Originally Posted by RickyMaveety
I suppose I wouldn't be surprised either. However, most of the Muslims I know are a lot like the Christians I know ... not very right wing. They seem to be in the "you do your thing and I'll do mine" category.
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That sort of tolerance is what we hope for, at least.
I get grimly amused by some of the fundamentalists who want to impose their idea of right behavior on others in the name of God. As I read the bible, Jesus made it pretty explicit that God made the rules, and He reserves the right to judge and punish. Folks claiming to act in His name may get an unpleasant surprise when they see Him. "You did
what in my name? No heaven for
you, pal.
Downstairs!"
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Those sorts of people don't want to see a theocracy of any kind take hold here in the States. My view is ... hey, if you want to live in a Muslim theocracy ... move to Saudi Arabia ... its just sitting there waiting for you.
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If they can deal with the Wahabi strain practiced there.
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I think that terrorists, in general, are just looking for a justification to commit murder. Eric Rudolph did it in the name of Christianity (sure ... gives the Christian cause a really nice reputation), and the 9/11 whackos did it in the name of Islam (because, of course ... they're expecting virgins in heaven ... ummm .... riiiiiight).
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I concur, though the question is where the desire to commit murder comes from.
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I love the cartoon I saw in one magazine (can't remember which one it was) where the dead Muslim terrorist is ushered into the room containing his 70 virgins ... only to see the room is filled with 70 pimply faced teenaged boys playing computer games and swigging down Coke. 
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Well, some of them may
like boys...
The Onion had a lovely piece back when in which the hijackers who took down the WTC towers got to the next life, and didn't get the response they expected. "Oh, yeah, Satan get's 'em next, and God knows what
he has in mind!", comments a demon busily torturing one terrorist.
I thought of the Niven/Pournelle novel, _Inferno_, full of damned souls whose exit from Hell was blocked by their own inability to admit they'd been wrong in doing what got them put there in the first place.
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Dennis