Hmmm...

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"It is the wrong question to ask, and therefore, as one  might expect, has
no right answer." - Hans von Campenhausen

This is the philosophy of my life.

It's no secret that there has been a long history of tension between Muslims and Christians, and from a Christians perspective that prophecy does seem pretty accurate.  But that's not necessarily how the whole world sees Muslims, and doesnt mean the prophecy is necessarily true.

IMO.

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Everybody knows that
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Told from the perspective of a Christian, how much validity can be placed behind this?

It's no secret that there has been a long history of tension between Muslims and Christians, and from a Christians perspective that prophecy does seem pretty accurate. But that's not necessarily how the whole world sees Muslims, and doesnt mean the prophecy is necessarily true.

IMO.

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People always seem to have trouble with Muslims though. The Chinese even built a freaking anti-air battery near the Olympic stadium and guarded it with 100,000 soldiers to, according to them, discourage an attack by the Muslims in the south. Now that's probably not the only reason they did it, but I don't think they were lying about it.

It's difficult to find a country that has a small but significant Muslim population and hasn't had unusual problems with them. Mostly because a lot of them have it in their heads that Allah wants them to blow up everyone else.

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"Living on the edge was conditional to his happiness, a crucial ante in the
pot of ideological fulfillment."

This...in fact no passage in Scripture can be explained on the basis of a preexisting tension between Christians and Muslims.  This particular text predates both Christianity and Islam by even the most liberal scholarly estimates.  It stands apart from any subsequent history.

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"It is the wrong question to ask, and therefore, as one  might expect, has
no right answer." - Hans von Campenhausen

This is the philosophy of my life.

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Quote: from greatescape11 at 1:47 pm on Aug. 28, 2008

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Told from the perspective of a Christian, how much validity can be placed behind this?  

 It's no secret that there has been a long history of tension between Muslims and Christians, and from a Christians perspective that prophecy does seem pretty accurate.  But that's not necessarily how the whole world sees Muslims, and doesnt mean the prophecy is necessarily true.  

 IMO.

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This...in fact no passage in Scripture can be explained on the basis of a preexisting tension between Christians and Muslims. This particular text predates both Christianity and Islam by even the most liberal scholarly estimates. It stands apart from any subsequent history.

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I think he's saying that the prophecy seems true from a Christian perspective today, but hey, what the hell do I know?

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"Living on the edge was conditional to his happiness, a crucial ante in the
pot of ideological fulfillment."

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People always seem to have trouble with Muslims though. The Chinese even built a freaking anti-air battery near the Olympic stadium and guarded it with 100,000 soldiers to, according to them, discourage an attack by the Muslims in the south. Now that's probably not the only reason they did it, but I don't think they were lying about it.

It's difficult to find a country that has a small but significant Muslim population and hasn't had unusual problems with them. Mostly because a lot of them have it in their heads that Allah wants them to blow up everyone else.

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Correction: People always seem to be having trouble with Muslim extremists.  I have to strongly disagree with your second statement and say that the United States has no problem at all with their Muslim population, no more so than any other racial, ethnic or religious group.  People see extremists perpetrating violent acts in the name of Islam, but in reality these people are following the faith no differently than people who are violent in the name of Christianity.  
It is unfortunate that this seems to be a more common trend in Islam right now than it is in Christianity, however that by no means that all Muslims "have it in their heads that Allah wants them to blow everyone up".  If you were to read the Quran, it would be quite clear that that is not Allah's message.  If anything, they misinterpret that from the teachings and actions of Mohammad.

Quote: from Prince o palities at 2:07 pm on Aug. 28, 2008

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This...in fact no passage in Scripture can be explained on the basis of a preexisting tension between Christians and Muslims. This particular text predates both Christianity and Islam by even the most liberal scholarly estimates. It stands apart from any subsequent history.

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See InsaneBlue's statement....

I'm sure I phrased it poorly.

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Everybody knows that
You'd break your neck to keep your chin up