After a long protracted thought process and laborious typing I timed out again.

Then I screwed up and pressed the wrong keys and lost everything!

Quote Originally Posted by TantricSoul View Post
Someone please explain to me how building a mosque near "ground zero" is insensitive, in a way that actually makes sense.

After all, the project under consideration isn't a Taliban HQ, or Al Queda training facility.

The people that initiated the attacks on September 11th used Islam as a cover for their own purposes. This is clearly so.

Holding a religion responsible for the actions of a few is disingenuous at best, if not purely ignorant.

What our country has done in Afghanistan and Iraq is called vengeance not justice.

"Christians are instructed by their "Holy Book" to good to others. Muslims are instructed by their "Holy Book" to do good to other Muslims.
Does anyone see a problem with this?"

Not at all ... the followers of both religions are simply human, and both texts are simply texts. I don't see many Christians following the instructions from their book either. They aren't called the "Ten Suggestions" ... and I do believe that "Thou shalt not murder" is one of them. And while this isn't a commandment, isn't "Love thy enemy" in there somewhere also?

Just saying ... yours is not better than theirs, nor is theirs better than yours. ( <<< meant universally not personally)

Respectfully,
Tantric