Recently, I came across this site and an article about a priest and 14 year old teenager. The comments following it were….AWFUL! For your own understanding, here is the site link.
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1719576/posts
Now, I admit freely that I am a practising Christian. However, I was taught to respect those of other religions. It seems that other people, however, were not taught the same decent courtesies of religious tolerance. Across the internet, I see the same nasty messages about Muslim people and Islam as a whole. Who gives them the right to use the internet as a venting ground for vitriolic, prejudiced hatred?!
The whole thing makes me…grrrrr!
Yeah, I accept that we have freedom of opinion and speech but I still think people who say stuff like that deserve to get flamed. Just my opinion. My mother taught me a very good rule: If you can’t say something nice, DON’T SAY ANYTHING! Those people should follow it.
Which leads me on to the topic…Islam.
I really don’t get how people in the ‘West’ can reconcile Islam with a small percentage of people who blow themselves up, and think it applies to all muslims. I’ve met one or two muslims on my university campus and they are all very nice, normal people who are perfectly decent. So, why can’t people see that?!
Sure, some women wear veils but not all of them. I’m a Christian and I don’t always wear a cross around my neck and a sign saying I’m one. Yet, my friends don’t lump me in with someone like the Crusaders who killed people in the name of religion. So don’t do that to people who follow Islam!
People - Stop being scaredy cats and grow up!
Disclaimer:
The intent of this post is not to defame Islam, nor the people who follow Islam. I respect Islam as a religion, even if I do not follow it. This is just my opinions and you are free to disagree or even flame me. I do not mind. However, the views expressed in this entry are mine and mine alone.
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