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Originally Posted by Golfingnut
That may be, but my point is as Christians, we enjoy being able to pick and choose the Commandments we like to follow and ignore the rest.
Muslims are forced to follow all of the commandments. Too Restrictive for us part time followers of faith.
We would definitely be better at following god if we were Muslims, but I for one don't want to be forced to follow all of Gods rules. Let me decide for myself the ones I will follow. I like beer for one thing.
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I lived very near a mosque for twenty years in West Chester, Ohio and Muslims are a good deal like anyone else in that they can be more or less involved and devout in their faith. The really scary part is that...being really devout is sometimes becoming very radical. And thinking to harm infidels, who would be Christians and non Muslims...
A very close friend's Catholic daughter married a Muslim and their children go to Muslim school but she doesn't wear a burka (are we spelling this right?) but she does defer to her husband in all decisions. Maybe defer is too soft a word for someone like me who thinks that women are very equal to men. I am trying to write fairly. It is a very different concept to what I am used to and I know that some very conservative Christian religions do very much believe that a man is the head of his house and a women should obey. But not my belief's....thank God for Henry who is my partner and thinks of women as equal to men...except he is physically stronger of course.
I want to respect people of all faiths and find good in them, but sometimes I worry about radical Muslims.