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Originally Posted by jonbxx
I think this reflects a modern interpretation of the Christian faith and is an admirable outlook. However, I would argue that current islamic doctrine is not quite so lenient about people having a pop at their god. I would be shocked if the people saying these things did not appreciate what offence this might cause. I can think of two reasons why they may have said this and thought it was OK - they didn't know and have been living under a rock or they were being deliberately inflammatory and therefore guilty of the offence as charged.
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Interestingly put and I do agree, though I do tend to feel that foreigners entering this country should make every effort to abide by our rules and customs, and I would extend this to include the way in which we conduct our faiths. Under our system, the same system that our forefathers fought and gave their lives to preserve - we do allow others to express their opinion(s) without getting our knickers in the knot, provided its done within reason. At least, we are supposed to - though this hasn't always been exactly followed to the letter. One only has to look at the situation in N. Ireland to see where I'm going with this !
If we don't like whats being said, we can make counter arguments or we can simply walk away.
However, as has been said, lacking the specifics of the case in question - we don't really know if the comments were innocently made in passing - or whether they were made to cause deliberate offense.
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Originally Posted by Russ B
A very good attitude to take. Are you sure you're really a 'noob'?  |
Thanks Russ, I'm a cableforum noob - not quite so much a noob when it comes to these types of discussions tho.