tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4174606706448853915.post4676839194488768509..comments2024-03-19T13:11:49.614-07:00Comments on Save Send Delete: The Left and Gender Apartheid D Goskahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09353495585591945881noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4174606706448853915.post-77546204568511464532013-09-29T08:56:42.496-07:002013-09-29T08:56:42.496-07:00Liron ... heartbreaking about this person.
Liron ... heartbreaking about this person. <br /><br />D Goskahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09353495585591945881noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4174606706448853915.post-46583744722800606352013-09-26T10:41:09.073-07:002013-09-26T10:41:09.073-07:00Liron, excellent question, and that you ask it mak...Liron, excellent question, and that you ask it makes you a mensch. It's really important not to misrepresent others' faiths by cherry picking. <br /><br />I know about the tactic with the Talmud that you talk about. I certainly encountered it often enough. I've argued against that tactic. <br /><br />No, you are not being a wuss, you are being a mensch. <br /><br />My answer is provisional. I am very open to being proven wrong. <br /><br />First, I address this a bit in a previous article, "Islam and Terror," that appeared on the answering Islam website. <br /><br />In that article, I talk statistics: how old the Bible is, how long it is, and how many different languages it is in. <br /><br />I contrast that with the Koran. The Koran is a fraction of the length of the Bible. I give the exact word count in the article. <br /><br />The Koran is often compared, in length, to the NT, which is a fraction of the Bible. <br /><br />Don Richardson says that the Koran is so repetitious that if all repetitions were deleted, it would be 40% of its current size. <br /><br />That leaves a very short scripture.<br /><br />Now, look at how Islam treats the Koran and Mohammed as an example. <br /><br />The Koran is almost divine. Anyone who says it has a human origin can be killed. <br /><br />Not so the Bible. We Christians and Jews debate it ad nauseum, and no one alleges that we are unbelievers for this. <br /><br />Mohammed is the perfect example. Anyone who insults Mohammed can be killed.<br /><br />Thus, Mohammed's personal practice of sex slavery and his advising his troops to practice sex slavery can't be criticized. <br /><br />So, yes, I think the above quoted verses are representational of the Koran and Mohammed's established example. <br /><br />There are Muslims today who openly promote this practice. See the sex slavery rings in Britain and "dancing boys" or child sex slaves in Afghanistan. D Goskahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09353495585591945881noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4174606706448853915.post-69959725060636536922013-09-25T08:43:27.654-07:002013-09-25T08:43:27.654-07:00The left's silence regarding Islam's shame...The left's silence regarding Islam's shameful treatment of women is telling. I wonder how, say, a Karen Armstrong, a John Esposito, or your typical leftist bourgeoise would fare under the horrid conditions they often ignore or, worse, justify. In fact, why don't we find out? Let's send X to a cave in Afghanistan, marry her off to a man old enough <br />to be . . . <br /><br />No, I don't really mean that.<br /><br />I'm just tired of hearing naifs say things like, "Oh, so the US is concerned about <br />women in Muslim lands? White men saving brown women from brown men!" <br /><br />And I have a question for you: Above, you quoted a series of truly ugly quotes from<br /> the Koran and the Hadith. Do you find these passages to be representational? I ask <br />because, as you no doubt know, taking ugly, isolated passages from, say, the Talmud, <br />is standard operating procedure for anti-Semites. That's why these lists of quotes <br />make me uneasy. Am I being a wuss?<br /><br />Apropos your response to my comment under the post about your prayer-rejecting JW <br />friend: I could count on one hand the number of practicing Christians who have called me a Christ killer, and I could on the other the number of ultra-Orthodox Jews who <br />have called me a "goy." Liron Rubinnoreply@blogger.com