I've heard it said many times that Islam and Christianity serve the same God and that the Koran and the bible are not that disimilar.
Well as I was perusing the daily headlines I came across this a followup to the recent Muhammed cartoon saga. During a peaceful demonstration a group known as Hezbollah told all the "Tyrants" to shut up. I'm pretty sure that Jesus has been depicted in cartoons that show him in an unfavorable light yet do we run around setting fire to embassy's and throwing bricks through storefronts.
here is a little excerpt from the article in which I see a clear contrast
“Defending the prophet should continue worldwide,” Sheik Hassan Nasrallah, the leader of Hezbollah, told the crowd. “Let (U.S. Secretary of State) Condoleezza Rice, (President) Bush and all the tyrants shut up: We are a nation that can’t forgive, be silent or ease up when they insult our prophet and our sacred values.” “Today, we are defending the dignity of our prophet with a word, a demonstration but let George Bush and the arrogant world know that if we have to ... we will defend our prophet with our blood, not our voices,” Nasrallah added.
In words of Lewis Black: " Patriotism and Religion are good and in balance when they have a since of humor and when they don't......things go.....ary. Thats what happens when you don't laugh. You get so wound up in what your believing and no one is going "ha ha" and your screwed
2 comments:
we don't go around buring things, but do we feel righteous anger that our holy god has been denied the respect due his name...? or... do we aquiess and shrug it off...?
adam ~ interesting point sadly I must say that its the latter of the two in that we have become so numb to it that we don't give it a second thought
but I must add this point can one condone murder as defending the honor of one's prophet?
As of now I don't think any deaths have resulted over this but its something to debate and discuss
Post a Comment