Originally Posted by
Carl Spackler
Your personal comments on the first post of this thread talked about Jihad. Sorry to break this to you, but that belongs strictly to radical islam. So, again, if you're talking about jihad (even metaphorically), you're talking about radical islam.
Radical islam's answer to that question is no. Their position is that islam cannot coexist, because they cannot coexist with infidels (non-believers). They say: "all people must either convert, or face the sword." That whole "sword" thing kind of sounds like harvesting...doesn't it? When one side will accept nothing but a harvest, there is no choice but to resist that - or be harvested.
Carl
Well, you almost had it but then you lost it. Does the word Crusade ring a bell?
For every folly it is possible to name an equal and opposite folly. The funniest thing about this is that it seems easy to see others herded without understanding that you are being herded at the same time. Again, this has nothing to do with islam, you just seem focused on that particular subject right now. I am sure you can think of a thousand other examples.
No matter, I had assumed efforts at civility would be met with strong opposition. So goes the world.
