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Sept 11, 2019 20:13:56 GMT
Post by pemptyr on Sept 11, 2019 20:13:56 GMT
So much wrong with the pr church but today am thinking how awful Islam is.
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Post by freefromprc on Sept 12, 2019 13:02:37 GMT
So much wrong with the pr church but today am thinking how awful Islam is. Yes, Islam is bad. People who know the PRC understand what drives the people of Islam. Once you commit yourself to a 'religion' you will do literally anything, no matter how unreasonable it is.
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Sept 12, 2019 13:05:33 GMT
Post by Skyfall on Sept 12, 2019 13:05:33 GMT
So much wrong with the pr church but today am thinking how awful Islam is. Yes, Islam is bad. People who know the PRC understand what drives the people of Islam. Once you commit yourself to a 'religion' you will do literally anything, no matter how unreasonable it is. Heh..religion or cult? I'd say that the hard core islamists are as much as a cult as the PRC is...except just a bit more extreme - which is why they understand how bad Islam can be.
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Post by freefromprc on Sept 12, 2019 13:09:13 GMT
Yes, Islam is bad. People who know the PRC understand what drives the people of Islam. Once you commit yourself to a 'religion' you will do literally anything, no matter how unreasonable it is. Heh..religion or cult? I'd say that the hard core islamists are as much as a cult as the PRC is...except just a bit more extreme - which is why they understand how bad Islam can be. I remember as a kid thinking about having to face persecution some day - I really was terrified about it. I thought that if someone hated Christians bad enough, they would kill us. It made sense to believe that, because we, as PRC kids, were trained so radically ourselves, that we thought there were others who would also be as radical against us.
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Post by throwaway2018 on Sept 12, 2019 19:08:48 GMT
Heh..religion or cult? I'd say that the hard core islamists are as much as a cult as the PRC is...except just a bit more extreme - which is why they understand how bad Islam can be. I remember as a kid thinking about having to face persecution some day - I really was terrified about it. I thought that if someone hated Christians bad enough, they would kill us. It made sense to believe that, because we, as PRC kids, were trained so radically ourselves, that we thought there were others who would also be as radical against us. I was TERRIFIED of persecution even well into adulthood. I very regularly (maybe once per week?) had nightmares about being persecuted, tortured, lying about being a Christian to save either my or my families lives, etc. These nightmares caused me intense amounts of stress because I knew that they would someday become a reality - if not for me, then my children or grandchildren. But I was pretty convinced it would happen during my lifetime. It was a large contributing factor to me finding out my beliefs were wrong - I was so incredibly stressed out over my fear of someday being persecuted that one day I decided I needed to know for sure if my beliefs were true or not. So much of my stress was tied to being unsure about what was in my future. I figured if I could know without a doubt that my beliefs were true, then enduring persecution would be worth it. And if my beliefs were false, then I could abandon them and would not have to worry about being persecuted for them. I ended up finding out the PRC was full of shit and have never had a nightmare about persecution since then.
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Post by questioneverything on Sept 13, 2019 0:39:01 GMT
I remember as a kid thinking about having to face persecution some day - I really was terrified about it. I thought that if someone hated Christians bad enough, they would kill us. It made sense to believe that, because we, as PRC kids, were trained so radically ourselves, that we thought there were others who would also be as radical against us. I was TERRIFIED of persecution even well into adulthood. I very regularly (maybe once per week?) had nightmares about being persecuted, tortured, lying about being a Christian to save either my or my families lives, etc. These nightmares caused me intense amounts of stress because I knew that they would someday become a reality - if not for me, then my children or grandchildren. But I was pretty convinced it would happen during my lifetime. It was a large contributing factor to me finding out my beliefs were wrong - I was so incredibly stressed out over my fear of someday being persecuted that one day I decided I needed to know for sure if my beliefs were true or not. So much of my stress was tied to being unsure about what was in my future. I figured if I could know without a doubt that my beliefs were true, then enduring persecution would be worth it. And if my beliefs were false, then I could abandon them and would not have to worry about being persecuted for them. I ended up finding out the PRC was full of shit and have never had a nightmare about persecution since then. It's interesting, how our shrinking world juxtaposes differing religions and belief systems upon us whether we want it or not, and how this imposition challenges long held beliefs and fears. It has simultaneously fostered fear and prejudice, skepticism and sufferance, indifference and detachment. It's all become rather outlandish to me, but it has played no small part in the division of our country and among its citizens. Intentionally so, in my opinion. The hate, fear, and disconnection of our neighbors is promoted, not discouraged. All under the guise of patriotism, racial clarity, and religious devotion. There is such a fear of "the other" in this country, a burgeoning, repugnant fear these past few years it seems, and a lacking inquisitiveness that could, if it were embraced, foster conciliation between "us" and maybe change the narrative, if only a little. And, I'll take a little these days.
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