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Old 04-23-2007, 09:03 AM
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Originally Posted by proof-hunter";p=&quot View Post
Just do as I have done, but press them for details. they will explain. and I am
talking about real Muslims who have not given up Islam.
Your claim is still that because X Muslims have provided you with this X + Y Muslims are all the same way... including the Muslims who will go so far as to claim attempts to kill nonbelievers are evil and against Islam.
Like Raytri says, there are a lot of different people out there under the umbrella of Islam. A religion is ultimately shaped by its believers not by its texts. So right now Islam is a big mess and the forces of orthodoxy are winning.
That does not invalidate the works of those that stand against the orthodoxy.

Taking anecdotal knowledge and applying it across an entire spectrum of people is lazy thought. The truth is that it is much more complex than can be explained by a few believers and nonbelievers with agendas. The fact remains that there are exceptions, even if what you claim is the rule. Exceptions, even if small in number, mean that the correlation is not destiny.
At one time scientific theory was embraced by a slim minority.

And that is giving you the benefit of the doubt that your example represents the majority.
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