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Location: On the "Left Coast", somewhere in "the Land of Fruits & Nuts"
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Predominantly Muslim Indonesia has been getting along fine with other religions for a long while now, and it's even built into the official philosophical foundation of the Indonesian state, "Pancasila". For example, the famous Indonesian island of Bali is almost totally Hindu, although it also has a substantial Christian and Muslim population (plus lots of multi-cultural tourists).
The problem has been arising from various "over-zealous" Fundamentalist "missionary" groups, that have become very active in some of the more heavily Muslim parts of the country in recent years, which has not surprisingly ticked off some of the locals. So it's actually as much a "cultural" issue as it is a religious one.
Heck, just look at all the fuss we have here over the building of an occasional mosque... and then imagine what that must be like someplace else where it's not just churches going up, but this "other" religion is also constantly putting up banners, distributing bibles and flyers, propagandizing all the time "in your face" (and at your kids), and just very aggressively & relentlessly "recruiting" wherever you look! Yeah, after awhile that would probably tend to pi$$ me off too!!
Speaking of which, looks like we have a few folks here of the, um, "christian" persuasion...? Say, isn't that the religion famous for beheadings, torture, imprisonment, burning people at the stake, and other fine examples of "peace", "love" and "tolerance"...?!
Speaking of which, looks like we have a few folks here of the, um, "christian" persuasion...? Say, isn't that the religion famous for beheadings, torture, imprisonment, burning people at the stake, and other fine examples of "peace", "love" and "tolerance"...?!
Really?
Was it last year?
LOL....I cannot WAIT until some tool trots out the Crusades....PLEASE let someone do it...it is SO much fun destroying their lies.
really? there are many mosque's in this country that were built without fuss. you are referring to the mosque at that WTC site. of course there is fuss over that! do you not get it?
What about that Catholic church in downtown Mecca?
Location: On the "Left Coast", somewhere in "the Land of Fruits & Nuts"
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Originally Posted by oz in SC
Really?
Was it last year?
LOL....I cannot WAIT until some tool trots out the Crusades....PLEASE let someone do it...it is SO much fun destroying their lies.
Sorry, hadn't heard about that Statute of Limitations on atrocities.... when did they put that in?! Guess that must mean the Holocaust doesn't matter anymore either...
Here is the difference.....Chrisitians have EVOLVED and do not behead people and do the other things you mentioned......Muslims have NOT. Just go ahead and admit that you are a bigoted person that hates Christians.
Read a little about christers in Africa, you might be surprised.
Heck christers murder doctors in churches in the US.
When did Indonesia become part of the US? I must have missed that.
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