Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2005/06/08
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Absolutely true. The only problem is that Muslims apparently belief that the Koran is the word of Allah in a literal sense, and that to disrespect it is to disrespect Allah. I may consider this more than a bit goofy, but then so might be believing in a person who literally rose from the dead, no? When it comes to religion, anything, it seems, goes. ;-) On 6/8/05 9:36 PM, "Eric Ladner" <ealadner@comcast.net> wrote: > BD and Marc-- > I missed BD's original message, but judging by the quotation in Marc's > message and by Marc's comments, I think I agree with both of you. I'd > just like to add what my mother always told me: don't let the kids who > tease you see that you care; that's what they want. > > When it comes right down to it, the Koran and the Bible are paper and > ink; the flag is red, white, and blue cloth. They are symbols of Islam > and Christianity and the ideals of the United States, and it is highly > offensive to all decent people to treat them with disrespect, but they > are not the beliefs they represent. Those beliefs are not harmed or > lessened by offensive treatment of the books that promulgate them or > the flag that represents them. They are far stronger than that. > > I bet that if, when one of these "desecrations" occurs, everyone said, > "Duh, what a jerk!" and got on with more important things, the > desecrators would get bored and give up. > > --Eric (and my M3 agrees with me) > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information