This is a necessary and clear-eyed piece. The panic is not about the property. It is about the assumption that religious liberty is a privilege reserved for the familiar. The Christianization of knowledge is called worldview. The Islamization of knowledge is called a threat. The difference is not in the practice. It is in the familiarity.
What lingers with me is the distinction between principle and privilege. Principles apply universally. Privileges apply selectively. Religious liberty cannot mean Christians may shape the culture while Muslims must remain culturally invisible. It cannot mean Baptists may make disciples while Muslims may not train leaders.
The school in Richardson is not a conquest. It is a property transaction. The children will study mathematics. The pantry will distribute food. The fear is not about what is happening. It is about who is doing it.
I think you just did a great job of clarifying what's happening: People are practicing their religion without harming anyone. I believe there's some mention of that in the US Constitution.
Thank you. That is the core of it. The First Amendment does not say "some religions." It says "free exercise thereof." The principle is universal. The application should be too. The moment we treat religious liberty as a privilege for the familiar, we have already abandoned the principle.
What is more Divisive than Religion? Here's a story that characterizes one form as OK and another as Insidious! Really? Even when they both advocate the same basic family of services! I don't know anything about Muslim churches or religion, but I was indoctrinated into Christianity, and made a break from it years ago. Because Psychology and Personal Growth showed me clearly how absolutely pathetic and dysfunctional the whole system was; and, how harmful it was to children who later become dysfunctional adults, because they don't know who they are anymore. All closed systems are Toxic. Indoctrination is Brainwashing pure and simple. No matter what you may call your religion, or what "holy source" you may "claim" it has. Some guy named Jesus, years ago, told us flatly "The Kingdom is Within." Getting to know ourselves at the deepest levels is the road to True Freedom because our Hearts (the Within) are leading the way. As far as I know, He didn't start any religion. He just showed us a simple way of life.
Well, one interesting thing about Islam is that charging interest is forbidden or at least frowned upon. Western bankers would disapprove. 25% interest on credit cards?
Some contemporary Muslim scholars argue that the Qur’an specifically condemned exploitative, excessive, or usurious lending, common in pre-Islamic Arabia.
Why prohibit interest?
Several ethical principles are commonly cited:
* Money itself should not generate profit simply by existing.
* The lender should share in the risks of an enterprise rather than receive a guaranteed return regardless of outcome.
* Debt should not become a mechanism for exploiting vulnerable borrowers.
* Wealth should circulate through productive economic activity rather than accumulate through passive lending.
Are the "Christians" in Texas really that clueless about their hypocrisy? This Chrisitan Nationalism is like an eel in water. It serves whatever their hate and fear want.
I wish that the "Christians" there would actually learn what Jesus preached and stop following all this compounded misinformation and hate.
So how does this compare to people being freaked out back then I'm posting inflammatory rhetoric, that JFK was going to be President and Catholic (and therefore we'd be captured by the Pope)
This is a necessary and clear-eyed piece. The panic is not about the property. It is about the assumption that religious liberty is a privilege reserved for the familiar. The Christianization of knowledge is called worldview. The Islamization of knowledge is called a threat. The difference is not in the practice. It is in the familiarity.
What lingers with me is the distinction between principle and privilege. Principles apply universally. Privileges apply selectively. Religious liberty cannot mean Christians may shape the culture while Muslims must remain culturally invisible. It cannot mean Baptists may make disciples while Muslims may not train leaders.
The school in Richardson is not a conquest. It is a property transaction. The children will study mathematics. The pantry will distribute food. The fear is not about what is happening. It is about who is doing it.
I think you just did a great job of clarifying what's happening: People are practicing their religion without harming anyone. I believe there's some mention of that in the US Constitution.
Thank you. That is the core of it. The First Amendment does not say "some religions." It says "free exercise thereof." The principle is universal. The application should be too. The moment we treat religious liberty as a privilege for the familiar, we have already abandoned the principle.
What is more Divisive than Religion? Here's a story that characterizes one form as OK and another as Insidious! Really? Even when they both advocate the same basic family of services! I don't know anything about Muslim churches or religion, but I was indoctrinated into Christianity, and made a break from it years ago. Because Psychology and Personal Growth showed me clearly how absolutely pathetic and dysfunctional the whole system was; and, how harmful it was to children who later become dysfunctional adults, because they don't know who they are anymore. All closed systems are Toxic. Indoctrination is Brainwashing pure and simple. No matter what you may call your religion, or what "holy source" you may "claim" it has. Some guy named Jesus, years ago, told us flatly "The Kingdom is Within." Getting to know ourselves at the deepest levels is the road to True Freedom because our Hearts (the Within) are leading the way. As far as I know, He didn't start any religion. He just showed us a simple way of life.
Well, one interesting thing about Islam is that charging interest is forbidden or at least frowned upon. Western bankers would disapprove. 25% interest on credit cards?
Some contemporary Muslim scholars argue that the Qur’an specifically condemned exploitative, excessive, or usurious lending, common in pre-Islamic Arabia.
Why prohibit interest?
Several ethical principles are commonly cited:
* Money itself should not generate profit simply by existing.
* The lender should share in the risks of an enterprise rather than receive a guaranteed return regardless of outcome.
* Debt should not become a mechanism for exploiting vulnerable borrowers.
* Wealth should circulate through productive economic activity rather than accumulate through passive lending.
Are the "Christians" in Texas really that clueless about their hypocrisy? This Chrisitan Nationalism is like an eel in water. It serves whatever their hate and fear want.
I wish that the "Christians" there would actually learn what Jesus preached and stop following all this compounded misinformation and hate.
So how does this compare to people being freaked out back then I'm posting inflammatory rhetoric, that JFK was going to be President and Catholic (and therefore we'd be captured by the Pope)