[Azred]

Originally posted by Timber Loftis: Your objections are duly noted and well-placed, Azred. However, the rhetoric remains the same. I guess the reason your point has not been thoroughly addressed is that there is little understanding in our country regarding the text of the Koran/Qu'ran.

Unfortunately, that is too true. If there is one thing in thing country we have in abdundance (aside from large waistlines--but that is for another thread), it is ignorance. That is the single most frustrating facet of my own country.

Originally posted by Timber Loftis: And, on that note, maybe encouraging us to simply read the text is a victory for Muslims, not only Muslims worldwide, but also the terrorist factions.

Reading the Koran would not be a victory for the terrorists; instead, it would be a victory for the reader because that person has dared to expand their horizons.

Originally posted by Timber Loftis: I will note that an interview with OBL's former wife that I saw on that evil idiot box known as the TV confirms that, whatever the rhetoric, OBL considers himself devout, and acts accordingly.

I could consider myself to be a devout Hindu and act accordingly, but that wouldn't necessarily make me a Hindu. Sometimes, even though it looks like a duck and quacks like a duck it isn't a duck.

[ 05-25-2004, 12:14 AM: Message edited by: Azred ]