Nabasa mo sa ibang konteksto ang ibig ko ipahiwatig, all share the same truth and that is the Presence of an Almighty and that he have plans and has purpose for everything and that He has laws and requirements for us to live in this world…
What varies in religions is how they interpret and determine that plan and purpose is, and what laws are required of them by that Almighty…
Again I am speaking in context of the religious… of faith.. the debate between science and religion is a different matter hence a different thread… if ever you are an atheist then you have no point in this discussion…
No religion possess the monopoly of the truth in religious context… is what it really means, in every religion they have absolutes that transcends other denomination.
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Marwan being there is not an evidence of harboring fugitives. That is a legal matter, if in fact they were harboring fugitives then it is a matter of courts that is if you do not believe in the justice system… that can be your own assumption or conclusion which may or may not be shared by others but still it is not up to us to judge..
Are you talking of the government’s armed forces or are you talking of the MILF??
Its true how can we talk of peace if the MILF does not lay down their arms….
But still how can they be assured that their concerns be heard?? These people have been shouting for separation from the state for so long because it is their birthright. And now they have acknowledged the state already and are willing to forgo separation but to be recognized as a different people with a land and territory of their own…
Sounds to me that a government will not easily allow that, and so they need the armed forces to enforce violence.
Peace process in a conflict situation is different from a war… iin wars there are victors and losers..but this is a conflict. A multifaceted problem so complexed that you in Luzon would never understand if you just rely on the media for your information.
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I see the truth about these people, but I do not see any religious significance in them. You are looking at the tools, and actions whereas I am looking at the objective of their actions…. AND THEY ARE NOT RELIGIOUS IN NATURE.. ISIS, MILF, are all political endeavors of groups who circumstancially are Muslims…
The establishment of a muslim state, is a political objective… with their promises and what not from the propaganda of religion used by their leaders does not make it a religious endeavor at all..
And Muslims are not the only people capable of taking lives and dying for their beliefs. Other religions share the same, suicide bombings beheadings genocides throughout the history….
Jewish Zionists, catholic IRA, crusaders, the inquisitions even our own tadtad and ilaga,…
we also had our share of genocides and beheadings… guy fawkes was a catholic suicide bomber in england… even only the stories of the martyrs of Christianity were only told and retold, and the barbarism that happened was lost to history by convenience.
It is funny that despite the fact that our reactions are irrational and illogical… we still commit the same fallacies as generalization and hasty conclusions.
Maybe you are a Christian maybe you are not… and if you were and is trying to espouse in this thread that it is the only and the true religion then prove how good you can be… and not to find all faults of another religion to establish the greatness of yours…
Because unlike you, many people of all religions yes even muslims strive to be the better person as guided by their books.
Its easier to pass judgement since we are now living in an age where Christianity have already set its foothold and was able to erase from history their dark beginnings…
And I know Islam as a religion will also have its share of its darkness, as people will also be misled by those who use it for selfish reasons. I know this because we had its shares too.
I am in fact, a person who does not believe that there is a God. I am not trying to espouse the idea that any religion is better than others because i believe that they all are simply, impossible and not true(and yes, my definition of truth is something that is testable and backed by evidence). Now sir, you said that god has rules and requirements for all of us to live in? THEN WHY DO THE RULES VARY SO MUCH? Muslims cannot eat pork, they are supposed to wear certain clothing and all the other things their beliefs require them to do, if there is indeed only one god and all religions come from that very same "almighty" as you put it, then why did he give such differing instructions and requirements? You also said that no religion posses a monopoly of truth and that they all have "something" that you called an absolute that transcends other denomination. So, what you mean to tell me is, each religion has a part of the puzzle of communicating with god, so to get all the puzzle pieces, you should believe in all of them.
I think atheist have as much place in this debate as you guys do, after all, you don't let us stop you from letting us know what you think about abortion or same sex marriage despite there being a supposed separation between church and state, do we?
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this question is also applicable to government troops, right?.
refuse to see the truth?, if i will ask you, do you really know the truth? or just the CNN, BBC, Reuters, etc. truth?.
can you tell what our God wants us to do?. thanks.
first of all sir, i know for a fact, that you don't really know anything about Islam, what more for the Caliphate thing. am i right?. just refer to my 1st question.
thanks again.
I cannot say that i completely understand what the Filipinos of Muslim faith has gone through for the last hundreds of years, they have been marginalized yes, their rights to anything is virtually non-existent, the government has forsaken them, yes. But the very idea of a government is to protect its citizens from enemy foreign or domestic, that is why they are armed. As to the efficacy and the manner to which the government uses its force and authority, that's another matter for another thread perhaps.
I don't watch BBC or CNN, the things that i say come from books and articles, but to say that something is biased because its against what you think is real, is i think a betrayal to a brilliant mind such as yours. Sometimes we are unable to see what we have become because we refuse to see it, sometimes out of pride, out of love, often out of blind faith. Ask yourself if there is any truth to them.
"And kill them wherever you find them, and turn them out from where they have turned you out. And Al-Fitnah [disbelief or unrest] is worse than killing...
but if they desist, then lo! Allah is forgiving and merciful. And fight them until there is no more Fitnah [disbelief and worshipping of others along with Allah] and worship is for Allah alone. But if they cease, let there be no transgression except against Az-Zalimun (the polytheists, and wrong-doers, etc.)"
That, i think is what it says in the book, ergo it is what God wants you to do. I'm aware that compared to the Bible, the Quran has many verses that are not only moral but also scientific, verses that can help a man live his life peacefully, but it is these passages that makes blind faith in any religion, dangerous.