UB and PN, before you keep going on with Active, could you actually read and respond to my post a page ago.
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Originally posted by Pliedes:
I'm not saying Christianity is right because Jesus is claimed to be alive (though it is the only religion to make such a claim), I'm saying Christianity holds a lot of weight because it's claims have been substantiated by evidence. That's the key point I'm trying to make.
I want some substantiation for a religion, otherwise it's just a bunch of talk.
</font><blockquote>quote:</font><hr />Originally posted by Ugly Bastard:
Muslims can claim that their religion is correct because they are a peaceful people.
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In fact they were so peaceful that the Prophet Muhammad had to force his religion upon the Meccans from 624-627. I know muslims get a bad rap nowadays for the misinterpreted concept of Jihad, but a claim of peace from a religion brought by war seems like a contradiction to me.
Obviously acts like the Crusades where undertaken in the name of Christianity, but these things were done contrary to Christian doctrine by followers a millenium down the line. On the other hand, the Prophet Muhammad, a centerpiece of the Islamic faith, was the one brandishing a sword during the religion's inception.
And Percy, Buddhists believe in the Four Noble Truths and seek escape from the cycle of suffering by the Eighfold Path. Siddhartha Gautama (Buddha) is dead.</font>[/quote]