The Breed

I read an article the other day about Muslims trying to build a mosque in lower manhattan. People freaked out! Everyone was screaming in protest, saying allowing a mosque to be built in lower manhattan would be a disgrace to the victims of 9/11.

Wow. This is the hated of our society.

What would all you Christians do if Massachusetts didn't allow you to have churches in Salem anymore. Your ancestors killed people in the name of God there! What about Spain? Greece? Italy?

I know what you would say... "That wasn't us, so why are you punishing us? Why are you wagering a war against Christianity?"

Don't you think Muslims feel the same way?

Christians- "Well Islam is a VIOLENT RELIGION!!"

Really? How many of you have read the quaran? Better yet, HOW MANY OF YOU HAVE READ THE BIBLE!!????

Any radical of any religion is going to ruin it for everyone else. Even Christianity has radicals.

Ever heard of the Westboro baptist church?

And I know the argument, its the same one every time. "Well, those people aren't REAL Christians!"

Well then, Osama bin Ladin wasn't a Real Muslim.

And those people who dress in black and call themselves vampires aren't real Wiccans.

And the argument continues.

Does your bible not state in Matthew 7:3 "Why do you see the speck that is in your brother’s eye, but do not notice the log that is in your own eye?"

Did Jesus not shun the hypocritical priests from the temple stating that it was God's house and there was no place for hypocrites in that house?

I'm not going to give any scientific arguments disproving your God. I have no need. But you have all missed the point!

The purpose of religion is to give people hope, and if your God gives you hope then so be it! But my hope gives me hope too. And Allah gives hope to the Muslims. And Buddha gives hope to the Buddhists.

The basis of all religions is love. Love one another.

Its the golden rule, something that has been bound into our heads since preschool.

Until we learn life isn't all black and white and then we forget. We forget how to love. We forget how to cry. We forget how to share and forgive and live harmoniously with one another.

Hate is a learned behavior. why teach your child to hate? Hate breeds more hate and then ignorance lasts for generations until one day your great great great grandchildren hate, and they don't even know why. That is a blind hatred. And that is the most dangerous hatred of all.