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That excerpt I posted isn't isolated to that "rag." I read the same thing in a textbook provided by my school. (Note that I'm a product of the Canadian educational system, not American.) The only reason why I posted that is because it was readily accessible. But point is, that isn't made up by these authors. Not to mention that you completely ignored my other argument vs. "inherently peaceful religion" - the Sunni/Shia split.

Sorry source? Just because he did not want, he did not mean to, he wasn't suppose to, doesn't mean he didn't come in with an army, killed off the people standing in his path and erected Islam as the city's religion. The fact that he came back to Mecca and took over it is not an act of self-defense. http://books.google.ca/books?id=PCGhbTr ... &lpg=PA295

Where did you get that load of crap from. Qu'ran was compiled in about 650 AD, oldest section around 633 AD. (Note AD, Anno Dominus) While the oldest part of the Bible, the Torah, or The Five Books of Moses were complied around 1500 BC. Note, I capitalized all the names. Don't raise an issue here. Please. Not to mention that Muhammad based Islam on Christianity and Judaism. Not many people realize that Moses and Jesus are also prophets in the Islamic religion.

All of his conquests were in self-defense. You need to read over my post again, that's not the only argument I made. And can you honestly tell me that when he came back to Mecca, that was under self-defense? That was an act of war. People didn't like Muslims and they kicked him out. He came back with military might and took over Mecca. http://www.sacred-destinations.com/saud ... a-kaba.htm

I asked if Muhammad invaded Arabia, not if the religion of Islam agrees with the invasion itself. Yes, of course Islam is against violence. The same way that Christianity is against violence. But that ideal did not stop the Crusades from happening did it? If the Catholics followed Jesus' path, the Crusades would never have happened. This is an article that expands on the concept of Jihad, http://www.studying-islam.org/articletext.aspx?id=771 Inherently a religion of tolerance? That's ironic considering the split of the Sunni/Shia (From the website you linked) http://www.islamfortoday.com/shia.htm For people who don't know, Sunni/Shia are the two largest denominations of Islam. The bloodbath that occurred between these two sects happened because they couldn't agree on a leader. Here's a BBC article on the separation, http://www.bbc.co.uk/religion/religions ... ia_1.shtml The line between the two sects still show even now in modern times. http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/16882299/

4chan is kind of pathetic. I don't understand why people would be proud to come from that toilet.

Speaking of ignorance, your knowledge of the history of these battles and Muhammad is extremely limited, and ignorant. Sorry I didn't post an excerpt of the encyclopedia. But I was just trying to make a point. Instead of you brilliantly responding to my reply, you give me this [cabbage]. Awesome.

I'd play co-op with you, but the account my character is on doesn't have live atm. I heard it sucks tho?

It won't fix lol. I'll just make a new account. This one got OBESE lmao

yeah, I did it. I think it's called toughness. damn lol, is it true you can't fix houses? I broke down this door and I wanna fix it cuz I bought the house :lol:

how do i increase my life bar? this has to be the shortest one i've ever seen

yeah lol, I just found that out last night. I just kept spamming the vortex magic. It's like a childish version of Oblivion (no, that's not a bad thing) Can I only focus on one area (warrior/mage/range) or is it possible to level up all?

Except it's more like the "nothing but incredibly pointless and selfless ego stroking of pseudo-scientific and pseudo-philosophical discussion" as nobody is actually giving their own opinions but simply quoting their favorite "hero" in the matter. There's very little independent thought, it's simply a link dump of footnotes. People will be begging to for lighthearted discussion in six months. All this has happened before and it shall all happen again. How do we reach these kids? Yeah, these news threads are crap and crap throughout. Like I've said, it would be alright if the threadstarter actually puts his own input and steers the discussion. Instead, you see a link, a copy of the article, and a line begging people to "discuss" the article.

I'm more of the magic kinda guy. Is it horrible in this game?

COD6, Halo Wars, SFIV I'm buying SF4 and COD6. Halo Wars is a rent methinks. edit: this is blasphemy, I can't forget about Mass Effect 2

I'm okay with people using news articles as topics. What's not okay is when people don't even expand on it. HELLO, I HAVE ACCESS TO NEWS.GOOGLE.COM THANKS

I love playing games with my friends.

Hi guyz, I just got a copy of the game I'm only a few months late :lol: any noob tips?

Yeah, you ever seen the Pearl Harbor movie? Kinda like that and damn lol, someone woke up on the wrong side of the bed today

Maybe to teach them to understand how life worked back then? And if your teacher asked for historical fiction, stay away from alternate history. For example, try to get a fictional story about a soldier who fought in the world war.

it's called the history book

hey don't make fun of my diabetes :lol: :lol: :lol:

I can't believe I missed the high school musical 3 episode. It just showd on tv tonight and laughed my [wagon] off. Best part was when Timmy tried to start off a song OMG LMAO

Oh, heh. Yeah just wait til you get to hs then before you hit the gym. You might not even be done puberty yet