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Poll: One in Four U.S. Muslims OK With Homicide Bombings Against Innocent Civilians

Discussion in 'Political Debate & Discussion' started by LadyEagle, May 23, 2007.

  1. 2 Timothy2:1-4

    2 Timothy2:1-4 New Member

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    Only two percent of muslims in America are mainstream. 61 % are very to somewhat concerned about the rise of Islamic extremism in America. 8% believe suciced bombing can be justified. 5% have a favorable view of al Qaeda. 40% believe arabs carried out the 911 attacks. 70% prefer bigger government.


    Not good news.
     
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    This report estimates 6-7 million muslims in America. And even 1% supporting terrorism is terrible and reason for gret concern.
     
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    Wow. You must have a very low opinion of WorldPublicOpinion :) What is your basis for it lacking credibility?

    The Pew Research Center, which this "One in Four U.S. Muslims..." poll comes from, is a mouth piece for the Council on Foreign Relations. Does that give them more or less credibility in your view?
     
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    I am of sure of pew so I give them the benefit of the doubt plus their results always seem balanced. This site you list suggests ridiculous things. The support for the UN is not what they suggest. I live in a predominately Democrat county. And no one here that I have talked with supports the UN in any way. In fact I do not know anyone who finds the UN credible at all.
     
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    The American people, on the whole, are not supportive of global governance (this has not prevented the American leadership to be the #1 funder of the UN). However, the poll you cited was based on world public opinion (hence the name of the polling group) which is favorable to the UN (this favorability will continue to increase in the U.S. as a result of the public school system and UN favorable leadership).


    "It is the sacred principles enshrined in the UN Charter to which we will henceforth pledge our allegiance." -- George H. W. Bush, ​
     
  7. 2 Timothy2:1-4

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    In post 14 you posted a statistic on"Americans". The website does separate Americans in some of its polls.
     
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    No, the report does not estimate 6-7 million Muslims. The report estimates 2.35 million. The claim of 6-7 million was based upon a study sponsored by the Council on American-Islamic Relations, which had nothing to do with the newest study.

    Pew's numbers, while on the high end of several studies, are generally in line with other surveys, not with the CAIR product.
     
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    What no one else seems to be talking about here is our tolerance. To be politically correct in this country now we are supposed to be tolerant of any other religion. Just yesterday a judge in NC stated that any religious text can be used to be sworn in on. Not to mention we now have a US congressman who is a Muslim, as that progresses I am sure more and more of their beliefs and worldviews will be intergrated into our laws and culture as well. More and more of what our Founding Fathers meant for this country to be is quickly fading away, not surprisingly. Just a matter of time, but we should not go down without standing up for our values and the Judeo Christian principles this country was founded on.
     
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    Don't they beleive that no matter how good they are, how good they keep up the faith theres stilla chance they will no go to heaven, basically depends on allah's mood that day.
     
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    I'm not sure I would characterize it that way. They do believe it is sinful to assume Allah would do anything for them. That is my paraphrase of what Dr. Ergun Caner said, a former Sunni Muslim from Turkey. (Please libs do not bother making an attempt to correct this I do not care for your attempts to diminish his knowledge.)
     
  12. KenH

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    I wonder what the percentage would be of Christians in a poll as to how many of them would be okay with nuking milllions of innocent civilians in Iran.
     
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    You don't think that Americans knew that civilians were being killed when we bombed Germany and Japan in World War II? I am not saying that the bombing shouldn't have taken place, but I don't think that people were naive and thought that only people working at military and industrial sites were being killed, especially in the firebombing of Dresden and Tokyo.
     
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    We air dropped pamphlets to the Japanese people warning them ahead of time. My mom told me that. My dad fought in WW2. That's how it was. That is how you end a war, you fight it with all you've got and finish it once and for all. We haven't fought a war to win a war since WW2. Korea, Viet Nam, Iraq...we have had cowards for leaders ever since WW2.
     
  15. KenH

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    If someone dropped a leaflet at your house, where would you go, LE? Where were the Japanese or Germans to go when their entire country was subject to being bombed?

    Again, I am not saying we shouldn't have bombed but we also should not regard lightly the idea of nuking millions of Iranian civilians.
     
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    There is a significant diference in collateral and unintended difference than intentionally blowing up civillians which is what the terrorists do.
     
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    Any Argument is acceptable to some if it gets us out of Iraq

    Any argument is acceptable to some if it gets us out of Iraq.

    Isn't that right Ken?

    Muslims are not to be conveyed as a group of morally depraved people totally
    devoid of the heart changing gospel of Christianity as revealed in the Scriptures,

    But, rather a totally acceptable group of people who pose no immediate threat to us "in our generation" and thus like Hitler should be ignored until they own half of the Eastern Europe (er I mean Middle East)

    Furthermore, they are not to be conveyed in anyway as the Scriptures prophesy
    that their "hand will be against every man" "and every man's hand will be against them" - yea our hands will be against a threat and aggressor if we know what is good for us.

    No, the muslims, they say are no different than the average American and much better to live and let them than to provoke them and let them show us how much different they really are! sheesh - you can't have it both ways... They will always
    act differently than us because they are different~ The light of the glorious gospel is so sorely lacking as they have rejected the True God for the Muslim faith and have become as the Heathen Canaanites in the land of Canaan wicked and
    if we let them intermingle in the world unchecked not only will terror be spread but souls will be made two fold the child of Hell as they spread Islam..

    God forbid.. Bush was right to defend our nation and make the tough choices
    before the world believed and more specifically the muslim world believed that Finally "SATAN AMERICA" was fair game! NOT SO SAID BUSH

    Amen for GOD putting him into the presidency for such I time as this!

    In Sincerity and Truth,

    Michael

    P.S. What about that biographical sketch about "universal reconcilliation" Ken?
     
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    That is the difference!

    That is the difference in the two sides of the Argument.

    One side understands, the other side does not.

    May God grant Christians and then our Nation light to see the right!

    In Sincerity and Truth,

    Michael
     
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    Invading Iraq had nothing to do with defending these United States.
     
  20. Apreacher4Him

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    To quote above:

    "One side understands... the other does not"



    For now this will be my last post in the "politics" section...

    Tenure seems to be prised more than doctrines.

    and smoke screens more than clear facts.

    In Sincerity and Truth,

    Michael
     
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