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As conquerors, their heroism was only equaled by their moderation, and in both, for a time, they excelled the nations with whom they contended. Laying the foundations of their power in a system of wise and equitable laws, diligently cultivating the arts and sciences, and promoting agriculture, manufacture, and commerce, they gradually formed an empire unrivaled for its prosperity by any of the empires of Christendom. They diffused the light of oriental knowledge through the western regions of benighted Europe.
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Pack Rat wrote:if it quacks like a duck and walk like a duck, it's still fascism
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saxitoxin wrote:
Good luck getting to the moon using a Roman numeral calculator.
tzor wrote:notyou2 wrote:Tzor, this guy must have received his PhD from a cereal box. He starts talking about Islam versus the classic civilizations of Greece and Rome. Those civilizations were done long before Islam was founded. I can't watch something that begins on false pretenses, its FULL OF SHIT.
What do you mean? The eastern Roman Empire, aka Constantinople lasted more or less until the 13th century. You are just being a snot. But that it what you are. Oh well ... Carry on then.
notyou2 wrote:tzor wrote:notyou2 wrote:Tzor, this guy must have received his PhD from a cereal box. He starts talking about Islam versus the classic civilizations of Greece and Rome. Those civilizations were done long before Islam was founded. I can't watch something that begins on false pretenses, its FULL OF SHIT.
What do you mean? The eastern Roman Empire, aka Constantinople lasted more or less until the 13th century. You are just being a snot. But that it what you are. Oh well ... Carry on then.
The eastern Roman Empire is debatable whether it was even part of the traditional Roman Empire. Was Hitler's Germany also part of the Roman Empire? Hitler says it was. Your own church didn't recognize it for fucks sake, so why are you all hot and bothered that it was part of the Roman Empire? Oh, I know, it's because you wish to buy into Bill's hate mongering like phatty does. It must be pretty tough going through life being a hate mongering bigot. Yes, I sound hateful in this thread because I have little time or patience for bigots.
Endgame422 wrote:Islam has been growing and fighting Christianity(politically,as well as physically) on a fairly steady basis ever since the time of Muhammad
Pack Rat wrote:if it quacks like a duck and walk like a duck, it's still fascism
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saxitoxin wrote:Endgame422 wrote:Islam has been growing and fighting Christianity(politically,as well as physically) on a fairly steady basis ever since the time of Muhammad
Mohammed conquered an area that was inhabited by animists and pagans. There were no Christians of any significant number in Arabia during the founding of Islam. I'm unaware of any attempts by Islam to attack Christian-majority states in the last 500 years (with the exception of the Ottoman Empire during WW1, but that was politically, not religiously, motivated, and they were allied with Germany and Austria).
Islam prohibits the forcible conversion, or desecration of temples, of Christians, Jews, and Zorastrians. In fact, the keys to the Church of the Holy Sepulchre, site of Jesus' death, have been kept by the Nusaybah clan - who unlock the front door every morning - for the last 1200 years. None of the Christian sects could stop fighting among themselves long enough to decide who would unlock and lock the doors so they had to give that job to Muslims.
Endgame422 wrote:saxitoxin wrote:Endgame422 wrote:Islam has been growing and fighting Christianity(politically,as well as physically) on a fairly steady basis ever since the time of Muhammad
Mohammed conquered an area that was inhabited by animists and pagans. There were no Christians of any significant number in Arabia during the founding of Islam. I'm unaware of any attempts by Islam to attack the historic territory of Christian-majority states in the last 500 years (with the exception of the Ottoman Empire during WW1, but that was politically, not religiously, motivated, and they were allied with Germany and Austria).
Islam prohibits the forcible conversion, or desecration of temples, of Christians, Jews, and Zorastrians. In fact, the keys to the Church of the Holy Sepulchre, site of Jesus' death, have been kept by the Nusaybah clan - who unlock the front door every morning - for the last 1200 years. None of the Christian sects could stop fighting among themselves long enough to decide who would unlock and lock the doors so they had to give that job to Muslims.
Throughout the colonial period of the 17th-19th century the middle east north Africa and western India/modern pakistan(all largely Islamic) all fought against Christian European nations,particularly the British.
Pack Rat wrote:if it quacks like a duck and walk like a duck, it's still fascism
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Endgame422 wrote:notyou2 wrote:
Tzor, this guy must have received his PhD from a cereal box. He starts talking about Islam versus the classic civilizations of Greece and Rome. Those civilizations were done long before Islam was founded. I can't watch something that begins on false pretenses, its FULL OF SHIT.
Come on now.
The Byzantine or eastern Roman empire lasts until at least 12th century some would argue as late as the 15th.
They are based in Byzantium or Constantinople or Istanbul or whatever they call it now,the city that the crusaders sacked in the 4th crusade around 1200.
Death of Muhammad/start of Islam is 9th century.
As far as the video calling it classical civilization i am with you that its nonsense especially considering that if goes all the way to 1920.
crispybits wrote:Islam is a religion. You said "promoting islam".
notyou2 wrote:tzor wrote:notyou2 wrote:Tzor, this guy must have received his PhD from a cereal box. He starts talking about Islam versus the classic civilizations of Greece and Rome. Those civilizations were done long before Islam was founded. I can't watch something that begins on false pretenses, its FULL OF SHIT.
What do you mean? The eastern Roman Empire, aka Constantinople lasted more or less until the 13th century. You are just being a snot. But that it what you are. Oh well ... Carry on then.
The eastern Roman Empire is debatable whether it was even part of the traditional Roman Empire. Was Hitler's Germany also part of the Roman Empire? Hitler says it was. Your own church didn't recognize it for fucks sake, so why are you all hot and bothered that it was part of the Roman Empire? Oh, I know, it's because you wish to buy into Bill's hate mongering like phatty does. It must be pretty tough going through life being a hate mongering bigot. Yes, I sound hateful in this thread because I have little time or patience for bigots.
notyou2 wrote:Look, I am not saying he is wrong about the number of battles, or deaths, etc, I am saying I can't watch it due to the misinformation.
notyou2 wrote:tzor wrote:notyou2 wrote:Tzor, this guy must have received his PhD from a cereal box. He starts talking about Islam versus the classic civilizations of Greece and Rome. Those civilizations were done long before Islam was founded. I can't watch something that begins on false pretenses, its FULL OF SHIT.
What do you mean? The eastern Roman Empire, aka Constantinople lasted more or less until the 13th century. You are just being a snot. But that it what you are. Oh well ... Carry on then.
The eastern Roman Empire is debatable whether it was even part of the traditional Roman Empire.
Phatscotty wrote:notyou2 wrote:Look, I am not saying he is wrong about the number of battles, or deaths, etc, I am saying I can't watch it due to the misinformation.
And there's the proof! You did not watch it, but here you are anyways, judging it up and down. Extremely typical of you and your ilk, on every issue.
I always wondered how could the people of Germany go along with and let Hitler take them all down in his insane fantasy. After reading your posts I understand.
As conquerors, their heroism was only equaled by their moderation, and in both, for a time, they excelled the nations with whom they contended. Laying the foundations of their power in a system of wise and equitable laws, diligently cultivating the arts and sciences, and promoting agriculture, manufacture, and commerce, they gradually formed an empire unrivaled for its prosperity by any of the empires of Christendom. They diffused the light of oriental knowledge through the western regions of benighted Europe.
https://books.google.com/books?id=xK1AA ... 22&f=false
Pack Rat wrote:if it quacks like a duck and walk like a duck, it's still fascism
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saxitoxin wrote:Endgame422 wrote:saxitoxin wrote:Endgame422 wrote:Islam has been growing and fighting Christianity(politically,as well as physically) on a fairly steady basis ever since the time of Muhammad
Mohammed conquered an area that was inhabited by animists and pagans. There were no Christians of any significant number in Arabia during the founding of Islam. I'm unaware of any attempts by Islam to attack the historic territory of Christian-majority states in the last 500 years (with the exception of the Ottoman Empire during WW1, but that was politically, not religiously, motivated, and they were allied with Germany and Austria).
Islam prohibits the forcible conversion, or desecration of temples, of Christians, Jews, and Zorastrians. In fact, the keys to the Church of the Holy Sepulchre, site of Jesus' death, have been kept by the Nusaybah clan - who unlock the front door every morning - for the last 1200 years. None of the Christian sects could stop fighting among themselves long enough to decide who would unlock and lock the doors so they had to give that job to Muslims.
Throughout the colonial period of the 17th-19th century the middle east north Africa and western India/modern pakistan(all largely Islamic) all fought against Christian European nations,particularly the British.
Uh, okay.
So by "Islam has been growing and fighting Christianity on a fairly steady basis" you're referring to Muslims fighting British troops who invaded Sudan, Arabia, and the Indian sub-continent. Because when you say "Islam has been growing and fighting Christianity" there's an implication a bunch of scimitar-wielding Bedouins have been regularly charging through the housewares aisle at Harrods.
Also, all of the following are also true:
- "Hindus have been growing and fighting Christianity on a fairly steady basis"
- "Confuscianists have been growing and fighting Christianity on a fairly steady basis"
- "Roman Catholics have been growing and fighting Anglicans on a fairly steady basis"
But I've edited my comment to make it surgically correct.
Endgame422 wrote:saxitoxin wrote:Endgame422 wrote:saxitoxin wrote:Endgame422 wrote:Islam has been growing and fighting Christianity(politically,as well as physically) on a fairly steady basis ever since the time of Muhammad
Mohammed conquered an area that was inhabited by animists and pagans. There were no Christians of any significant number in Arabia during the founding of Islam. I'm unaware of any attempts by Islam to attack the historic territory of Christian-majority states in the last 500 years (with the exception of the Ottoman Empire during WW1, but that was politically, not religiously, motivated, and they were allied with Germany and Austria).
Islam prohibits the forcible conversion, or desecration of temples, of Christians, Jews, and Zorastrians. In fact, the keys to the Church of the Holy Sepulchre, site of Jesus' death, have been kept by the Nusaybah clan - who unlock the front door every morning - for the last 1200 years. None of the Christian sects could stop fighting among themselves long enough to decide who would unlock and lock the doors so they had to give that job to Muslims.
Throughout the colonial period of the 17th-19th century the middle east north Africa and western India/modern pakistan(all largely Islamic) all fought against Christian European nations,particularly the British.
Uh, okay.
So by "Islam has been growing and fighting Christianity on a fairly steady basis" you're referring to Muslims fighting British troops who invaded Sudan, Arabia, and the Indian sub-continent. Because when you say "Islam has been growing and fighting Christianity" there's an implication a bunch of scimitar-wielding Bedouins have been regularly charging through the housewares aisle at Harrods.
Also, all of the following are also true:
- "Hindus have been growing and fighting Christianity on a fairly steady basis"
- "Confuscianists have been growing and fighting Christianity on a fairly steady basis"
- "Roman Catholics have been growing and fighting Anglicans on a fairly steady basis"
But I've edited my comment to make it surgically correct.
See that whole schmitar wielding bedouins thing was not my point,your position is to defend Islam,so you take everything as an attack. I was not implying anything of the sort or even that Islam has been the aggressor.
Your point was islam did not ATTACK any CHRISTIAN NATIONS. That may well be true.
My point (and wording) were that islam and christianity were fighting and that islam has been growing.
Denying that islam and christianity have been fighting for centuries(regardless of who is invading who) is pure nonsense.
Often it was the Christians attacking and taking advantage of the Muslims, sometimes the other way around, neither group is innocent here and there is lots of history and bad blood between them.
As far as your other 3 statements if we were comparing Christianty to Confucian beliefs or hindu beliefs in a discussion i think that the history between the groups certainly matters.
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Phatscotty wrote:well, let's just take the comments out of it, and focus on the content.
Without getting into 'but.....they started it!' I was having a conversation with a co-worker last week, and he was confidently saying the Crusaders started it, so I asked him 'So then the first crusade...who was the crusade against?'
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Phatscotty wrote:crispybits wrote:Islam is a religion. You said "promoting islam".
So, therefore, since Islam is a religion, it cannot be promoted?
crispybits wrote:Phatscotty wrote:crispybits wrote:Islam is a religion. You said "promoting islam".
So, therefore, since Islam is a religion, it cannot be promoted?
That's not what NASA said though, they said "engage much more with dominantly muslim nations"
saxitoxin wrote:Phatscotty wrote:well, let's just take the comments out of it, and focus on the content.
Without getting into 'but.....they started it!' I was having a conversation with a co-worker last week, and he was confidently saying the Crusaders started it, so I asked him 'So then the first crusade...who was the crusade against?'
IMO, the premise is flawed thusly:- I've never heard anyone refer to the Crusades as being the flashpoint of some conflict with the Muslim world. But, we do know since 2002 neo-conservatives have been using "clash of civilizations" as a framing device to prime the public to receptiveness for military action in the Middle East (direct, as in the case of Iraq, and indirect, as in the case of U.S. arming of Jewish fundamentalist extremists). The Neo-liberals like Clinton and McCain are promoting the equally as ludicrous "conflict against extremism" frame, while the left and paleo-conservatives seem to both be pushing the "failed American policy" frame. Honestly, this sudden interest in defeating an argument no one has made about the Crusades just sounds like 2014-2015's rhetorical tactic to promote the "clash of civilizations" frame over the competing frames. I'm curious if this discussion of the crusades existed before last year or if it was a recent focus group product that made it into the topic suggestions the Heritage Foundation sends out to talk radio hosts.
The facts are flawed thusly:- According to the map, there were only 12 battles in the 9 crusades. While I have no idea how many battles occurred throughout the crusades (perhaps someone more knowledgeable than me here does), I have a strong suspicion more than 1.3 battles occurred in each crusade.
IMO, the data is manipulated thusly:- Why are early battles against pagan tribes in Arabia reflected on the map as part of the "Muslim conquest" while Roman battles (after the adoption of Christianity as the state religion) against pagan tribes in Germany not reflected as part of a "Christian conquest?" The mapmaker has cherry-picked a set of data that would lead to a graphic designed to, in a stunning visual cue, support a conclusion he was trying to promote ("clash of civilizations" frame). The neo-liberals do the same thing to push their "conflict against extremism" frame by showing cartoonishly brilliant Muslim scientists (you'd think every Arab was a rocket scientist or brain surgeon) caught under the cloven hoof of big, bad ISIS (who, in some weird roundabout way, the Neo-Liberals contend, is connected to Iran ... even though they're fighting each other).
Phatscotty wrote:yup. "engage much more with dominantly muslim nations" ..... to do wut?
I thought the point was it's f'd up that Obama made Muslim outreach a top priority for NASA? Granted you already conceded the point you originally scoffed at, I'll grant you that 'helping Muslim nations feel good about their historic contributions' may or may not technically be 'promoting' But at this point, as you continually add new words to the quote, I'm starting to look more silly going 12 responses deep with you about 'promoting' than you look acting like that has anything to do with the context of the subject. As to what it means that you are stuck on that, I shall leave to everyone else in the appearance of the overall discussion
Phatscotty wrote:Our own president is all about pushing Islam everywhere he can, and all the power that comes with it, I mean it's so bad, he made our Space program NASA declare it's first and foremost priority is to promote Islam. Go ahead and doubt that, I'll show you the NASA directors saying that exactly word for word.
NASA wrote:...and third, and perhaps foremost, he wanted me to find a way to reach out to the Muslim world and engage much more with dominantly Muslim nations to help them feel good about their historic contribution to science, math, and engineering.
Phatscotty wrote:Alright CB, lets go through these one at a time til it's done.
Phatscotty wrote:I have 2 sleeping pills in me and I can only play word footsie with crispybits from 3 pages ago atm
Pack Rat wrote:if it quacks like a duck and walk like a duck, it's still fascism
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