Originally Posted by Ryzorian (Post 828436)

No they aren't, American and common law practice dates back to the Romans. Islam destroyed Arbian cultural achievements because it wasn't "of Allah" The same way the taliban destroyed those budda statues. Mohamad destroyed his own tribe because they wouldn't submit to him, he killed them all and everything they knew died with them.

Islam at it's core is the Arbian nomandic tribal way of liveing, wich is barbaric, kill your neighbor and take his stuff before he kills you and takes yours. That's how they have lived for thousands of years and Mohamad simply made a "relgion" of it, so he could justify his atrocities.

MMM; It's the US verse Islam allready, allways was, ever since we defeated the Barbry pirates, who were muslim. See, the quaran tells muslims that any muslim country defeated by a non muslim country has to be avenged, muslims must ever seek to defeat and convert that non muslim nation. That victory on the shores of Tripoli was the the declaration of war all the way back in 1815.

Originally Posted by x2cool (Post 828495)

I really dont think that any religion is peacful, at least not always anyway. Haven't all religions tried to convert others by force? Haven't people killed in the god? From all religions? It's just because a group of people kill others in the name of their religion, that the whole world see's everyone from that religion as violent.

Originally Posted by GoNative (Post 828548)

In my opinion killings and wars in the name of religions rarely have anything to do with religion at all. It's about power and politics and religion is just used by those in power to get the masses on board and create the fanatacism required to justify the atrocities they go on to commit. Patriotism and nationalism can be used for the same ends. Religions in and of themselves generally preach tolerance and compassion. it's only when men distort and twist the teachings that religions get used to do terrible things.