Don't you think the two are interconnected and in many cases inseparable?Originally Posted by CrossLOPER
Re: What is wrong with having a Muslim as president?
Don't you think the two are interconnected and in many cases inseparable?
"And if the people raise a great howl against my barbarity and cruelty, I will answer that war is war and not popularity seeking. If they want peace, they and their relatives must stop the war." - William Tecumseh Sherman
“The market, like the Lord, helps those who help themselves. But unlike the Lord, the market does not forgive those who know not what they do.” - Warren Buffett
Re: What is wrong with having a Muslim as president?
First off everyone in this thread is wrong. Islam is not entitled to anything simply because its young. JFK was not killed because he was a catholic and they do not get first dibs on "minorty" president. I find this xenophobia appalling and I would like to point out if we said this about any other group we would all be warned. Simply because a man holds muslim faith makes him no more susceptible to anything than someone who holds another faith. Nor does it mean we should give these extremists a pass because they are young
There, but for the grace of God, goes John Bradford
My aim, then, was to whip the rebels, to humble their pride, to follow them to their inmost recesses, and make them fear and dread us. Fear is the beginning of wisdom.
I am tired and sick of war. Its glory is all moonshine. It is only those who have neither fired a shot nor heard the shrieks and groans of the wounded who cry aloud for blood, for vengeance, for desolation.
Re: What is wrong with having a Muslim as president?
You are absolutely right. The thread has strayed more into discussing societies rather than individuals though.
"And if the people raise a great howl against my barbarity and cruelty, I will answer that war is war and not popularity seeking. If they want peace, they and their relatives must stop the war." - William Tecumseh Sherman
“The market, like the Lord, helps those who help themselves. But unlike the Lord, the market does not forgive those who know not what they do.” - Warren Buffett
Re: What is wrong with having a Muslim as president?
We wont be importing the president. Something tells me any muslim who is able to get to the upper echelons of American politics wont be swayed by his brothers in faith. American muslims also tend to be well educated and out of poverty so I dont think they will gut us from within.
There, but for the grace of God, goes John Bradford
My aim, then, was to whip the rebels, to humble their pride, to follow them to their inmost recesses, and make them fear and dread us. Fear is the beginning of wisdom.
I am tired and sick of war. Its glory is all moonshine. It is only those who have neither fired a shot nor heard the shrieks and groans of the wounded who cry aloud for blood, for vengeance, for desolation.
Re: What is wrong with having a Muslim as president?
People might be surprised to read this (they shouldn't be), but I would certainly vote for a Muslim who represented my political viewpoints. Euroskeptic? Awesome. Conservative? Fine. That's great too. Against Islamization and Islamic radicalism (which I'd bet a lot of Muslims are)? Perfect. In fact, the best thing for Islam as a whole would be a strong political figure speaking out against Islamic radicalism.
I'd vote for an atheist, a Lutheran, a Jewish person, an agnostic, a Hindu, a Buddhist, or an Orthodox Christian as long as they represented my political viewpoint or I deemed them to be the best candidate, so I'd certainly vote for a Muslim without a problem.*
*On the condition that the person did not involve their religion in politics. At all.
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