Those who are patient in adversity and forgive wrongs are the doers of excellence.
Prophet Muhammad
The Muslim Religion similar to Christianity in the sense that it is monotheistic religion, believes that God is the ultimate and all powerful deity. Both religion teach compassion, love, tolerance and respect of all life whether it is an animal or human. I don't think that killing innocent people because of a movie depicting Mohammad in a comical or derogatory way, justify the act of violence. What would the prophet Mohammad say today, if he viewed the distorted behavior that some people of Islam are implementing in the word of the Qur'an. I am sadden that religion of Islam in the middle east, is deliberately being use to distort the true meaning of what God would have wanted. I myself am an atheist. I am catholic by birth. I had done my confirmation and communion as a child. I grew up in the faith and was exposed to all that was in the Bible from the story of Abraham to Moses and the story of Jesus dying on the crucifix for our sins. One of the commandments was "Thou Shalt Not Kill" But as I got older, I came to realize that many of the stories told to me just didn't make any sense. Even though I am an Atheist, I couldn't hurt anyone or anything or treat any one different from how I want to be treated. I love people. There cultural uniqueness is a testament of our ingenuity and creativity that has created our world. I have been told in order to understand I need to have faith. Having faith would open my mind to the sacrifices of Jesus and the word of God. However, what bothered me is that man have told me to have faith and to believe in the word of the Bible that was written by man.
Through the centuries the bible has been translated over and over again and no one seems to think that maybe these translation are inaccurate. Needless to say, I finally came to the conclusion that religion was a necessity to quell and control the masses from doing unspeakable evil in the world. However in history Religion was one of the many causes of deaths than the black plague. Why can't all races understand that we are a one people, that we need one another. The destruction and genocide of a ethnic group is the greatest disrespect to the world and most importantly a great injustice to ourselves. It defies the teachings of the profit Mohammad and Jesus Christ. If our world got passed our differences and united as one entity, instead of oppressing racial differences our possibilities are endless. Every time. I open a newspaper or turn on the television, I hear how people are killing one another for the most stupidest reasons. Just like the senseless death of 4 Americans in the embassy in Benghazi, Libya. Who will be responsible for their deaths? I wonder what the families are going through right now. It was wrong to use the teaching of Islam to justify murder. So it has been confirmed to me that religion is a tool used by infidels to teach hate, intolerance to incite chaos and destruction. Instead these so called Muslim radicals hide behind the word of Islam to justify their murderous ways. I believe that the human race possesses the ability to be good or evil. It is up to us to decide which path to take. It's unfortunate that they're those who choose the latter.
Religion really hasn't done anything to stop the spread of evil that man does to each other, to animals and to the world and its environment. I can't condone the acts of violence when religion speaks of tolerance and understanding. I see nothing but death in the name of God and religion... Throughout history such as the crusades of Ancient times when Catholicism was at its highest and the Church controlled and influenced Kings and Governments. They cut a path of destruction throughout the countries trying to convert others in the Catholic faith and if conversion wasn't possible people were exterminated and consider infidels. From childhood in the middle east some are taught to hate Americans and others that don't conform to their beliefs and religion. Those Americans that were killed in the name of Allah and the Muslim religion has confirm to me that people use or hide behind the religion to justify killing innocent people. Now, I ask you again, Did those Americans really need to die? Thoughts weren't in the families that will miss them. Did they even think of God when they killed them? It was an act of hate and intolerance. I don't believe in a religion that tells young boys that when they die they will have a harem of women to fornicate with. I don't believe in a religion that will allow innocent boys and people to commit suicide in the name of religion. Those that twist and brainwash these children are cowards and use the innocent simply to do their bidding while they hide behind them. I am outraged at this development. Today it only enforces the hate that some American have against American Muslim in the United States. I am so ashamed that people from America would treat out fellow middle eastern Americans of the United States in the same category as those in the far east. We need to end this stupidity before it is to late. People have the right to say and do what they want within the limits of the law. Freedom of speech is one of them. Who are we to say that they can't express themselves without being judged.
Inspire to love one another, give thanks for life and the beauty that we possess in the world. We are a unique species with great potential. The only way we will get passed all of this suffering is to work together and create a world where our children of the future can lift their heads up high and say that we protected our legacy and made it available to them. With a little inspiration and love anything is possible. I know that time of darkness hopes are few in between, but for every tragedy comes some kind of light that will illuminate our path and everything will be as it should. Stand up to injustice, fight for the destitute, protect one another, care for our world and all life.
