I hope that someday you come to terms with the fact that you attack me for being a truther because you are such a falser that you are unable to address the facts I present on issues completely unrelated to 9/11. Granted, first you will have to come to terms with why this is.Originally posted by: JEDIYoda
don`t forget kylebisme is a 9/11 troother...
Ahmadinejad acknolages the fact of the Nazi genoscide against Jews. For example, from this interviewOriginally posted by: TheSkinsFan
...doubt or deny that the Holocaust ever took place -- ala Ahmadinejad.
In the Second World War, over 60 million people lost their lives. They were all human beings. Why is it that only a select group of those who were killed have become so prominent and important?
I read it back when it was presented and don't recall anything in it which support the argument you presented. I will reread it again shortly though just for refresher sake. In the mean time, could you please quote here specifically whatever statement(s) you believe best substantiates your claim?Originally posted by: TheSkinsFan
Read the transcript of Ahmadinejad's 2008 address to the UN General Assembly.
One can make anyone say nearly anything with enough source material to a derive a crappy enough translation from. However, if you read a translation of the comments in question substantiated by quoting the original Farsi and providing the literal translation of each word, you will find that the wishes you have come to ascribe to him do not reflect his actual statements.Originally posted by: TheSkinsFan
I never said that he wishes to annihilate the people of Israel, only that he wants to see the country of Israel itself removed from the Middle East (IOW "destroyed" or "wiped off the map", depending on translation).
Your lack of doubt is apparently built on conflation. First, Ahmadinejad doesn't even have the authority to choose who to attack, but rather he simply serves an administrative position under those who do. Second, Iran is not attacking Israel, but rather supporting groups which do. Third, those groups are not only provoked by Israel's continuing occupation and colonization of their homeland and all the death, destruction and oppression which comes with it; they were formed in response to such provocation precisely.Originally posted by: TheSkinsFan
Then again, even based on that supposed interpretation of his statements and beliefs, I still don't doubt that he's willing to see/make it happen through violence, if necessary. After all, he's been conducting unprovoked attacks on Israel for years, so it's certainly not outside the realm of possibility that he'll eventually go for the gold and try to wipe them off the map by force.
No, as I don't conflate provocation with justification. For example sake; imagine had I lived a particularly rough life filled with violence, and someone came across me and decided him wanting to stand where I was gave him the right to push me out of the way. In such a case I might be provoked into pummeling him into the ground. Does that mean I would be justified in doing as much? Of course not, but that wouldn't absolve him from having provoked me either.Originally posted by: TheSkinsFan
Are you suggesting, in any way, that the answer's complexity somehow justifies Iran's unprovoked violent attacks on Israel?
Others were certainly murdered during WWII for whatever reasons Hitler decided made them inferior, but the Jewish Holocaust is the most profound example of his genocidal tendencies. The fact that Achmadinejad can't admit or acknowledge that fact is very... odd.Originally posted by: kylebisme
I hope that someday you come to terms with the fact that you attack me for being a truther because you are such a falser that you are unable to address the facts I present on issues completely unrelated to 9/11. Granted, first you will have to come to terms with why this is.Originally posted by: JEDIYoda
don`t forget kylebisme is a 9/11 troother...
Ahmadinejad acknolages the fact of the Nazi genoscide against Jews. For example, from this interviewOriginally posted by: TheSkinsFan
...doubt or deny that the Holocaust ever took place -- ala Ahmadinejad.
In the Second World War, over 60 million people lost their lives. They were all human beings. Why is it that only a select group of those who were killed have become so prominent and important?
That exemplifies his dispute; which is not with the fact that the Nazis murdered millions of Jews, but with how that genocide of Jews has been exalted over that of all the other groups Hitler deemed "sub-human" and murdered off, along with all the other people who lost their lives in the madness which was WWII. Also, rather than denying the facts by any stretch; Ahmadinejad takes issue with the fact people are attacked for simply for being misguided in their understanding of the facts of the matter, and by people who are misguided in theirs too. It often turns into situations like Young Earth creationists debating atheists who have no actual understanding the science which disproves the literal interpretation of the Biblical creation myth; both sides arguing from positions of faith rather than demonstrating any semblance of actual understanding.
Unfortunatly, many Zionist do whatever they can to discredit any such postion, inluding branding Ahmadinejad a "Holocaust denier". Some even absurdly do the same to Norman Finkelstein simply for his postions on the matter, despite the fact he was raised by survivors and is well versed in the facts.
No, i won't do your homework for you. Go read it "again."Originally posted by: kylebisme
I read it back when it was presented and don't recall anything in it which support the argument you presented. I will reread it again shortly though just for refresher sake. In the mean time, could you please quote here specifically whatever statement(s) you believe best substantiates your claim?Originally posted by: TheSkinsFan
Read the transcript of Ahmadinejad's 2008 address to the UN General Assembly.
bullshit. 100% Grade-A Bullshit. He wants Israel, as a country, gone from the map of the Middle East, and you damned well know that. He has said as much, exactly, on more than one occasion.Originally posted by: kylebisme
One can make anyone say nearly anything with enough source material to a derive a crappy enough translation from. However, if you read a translation of the comments in question substantiated by quoting the original Farsi and providing the literal translation of each word, you will find that the wishes you have come to ascribe to him do not reflect his actual statements.Originally posted by: TheSkinsFan
I never said that he wishes to annihilate the people of Israel, only that he wants to see the country of Israel itself removed from the Middle East (IOW "destroyed" or "wiped off the map", depending on translation).
You're blowing smoke. If you know anything at all about the background and operational structure of Hezbollah, you'd know that Iranian agents directly control nearly every aspect of the group. FFS, Hezbollah leadership spends more time in Tehran than in Lebanon.Originally posted by: kylebisme
Your lack of doubt is apparently built on conflation. First, Ahmadinejad doesn't even have the authority to choose who to attack, but rather he simply serves an administrative position under those who do. Second, Iran is not attacking Israel, but rather supporting groups which do. Third, those groups are not only provoked by Israel's continuing occupation and colonization of their homeland and all the death, destruction and oppression which comes with it; they were formed in response to such provocation precisely.Originally posted by: TheSkinsFan
Then again, even based on that supposed interpretation of his statements and beliefs, I still don't doubt that he's willing to see/make it happen through violence, if necessary. After all, he's been conducting unprovoked attacks on Israel for years, so it's certainly not outside the realm of possibility that he'll eventually go for the gold and try to wipe them off the map by force.
Iran never stood where Israel is now standing, therefore Israel has never pushed Iran out of the way, so your entire analogy is based on a false premise.Originally posted by: kylebisme
No, as I don't conflate provocation with justification. For example sake; imagine had I lived a particularly rough life filled with violence, and someone came across me and decided him wanting to stand where I was gave him the right to push me out of the way. In such a case I might be provoked into pummeling him into the ground. Does that mean I would be justified in doing as much? Of course not, but that wouldn't absolve him from having provoked me either.Originally posted by: TheSkinsFan
Are you suggesting, in any way, that the answer's complexity somehow justifies Iran's unprovoked violent attacks on Israel?
I find it odd that anyone would think to use the term "profound" when referring to such diabolical events, and am at a loss as to how you could consider such a perspective a matter of fact. Your reaction is exactly what Ahmadinejad takes issue with when he refers to the Nazi genocide of Jews as a "myth"; not taking issue with the factual basis of the historical events, but rather the religious-like conviction with which many cling to a particular subset of them.Originally posted by: TheSkinsFan
Others were certainly murdered during WWII for whatever reasons Hitler decided made them inferior, but the Jewish Holocaust is the most profound example of his genocidal tendencies. The fact that Achmadinejad can't admit or acknowledge that fact is very... odd.
It is dishonest of you to suggest I ever did such a thing, yet you apparently prefer to remain too damned to know well from otherwise.Originally posted by: TheSkinsFan
To sit there and claim that his motives are altruistic, or done in attempt to shed light on the other people who died, is intellectually dishonest. You know damned well that's not his reason for questioning and denying the Holocaust.
That is what I did when I provided quotes to demonstrate the fact that Ahmadinejad acknowledges the The Shoah, in dispute of your claim to the contrary. Supporting your claims is your homework, not mine.Originally posted by: TheSkinsFan
No, i won't do your homework for you. Go read it "again."
Your referencing Wikipedia is lazy, and not even quoting it here is doubly so.Originally posted by: TheSkinsFan
Hell, even wikipedia paraphrases it. Quit being lazy.
Please cite one specific occasion you are alluding to here so we can discuss the facts of it directly.Originally posted by: TheSkinsFan
He wants Israel, as a country, gone from the map of the Middle East, and you damned well know that. He has said as much, exactly, on more than one occasion.
All of the facts i mentioned apply to Hezbollah. If you are attempting to suggest that what I have said is anything less than factual, then please state you contest directly, and I will be happy to substantiate my claims.Originally posted by: TheSkinsFan
If you know anything at all about the background and operational structure of Hezbollah....Originally posted by: kylebisme
...those groups are not only provoked by Israel's continuing occupation and colonization of their homeland and all the death, destruction and oppression which comes with it; they were formed in response to such provocation precisely.
Lebanese, Palestinians, and Syrians once stood where Israel continues to occupy and colonize beyond its international recognized borders, forcing such individuals to their knees and worse; hence the analogy.Originally posted by: TheSkinsFan
Iran never stood where Israel is now standing, therefore Israel has never pushed Iran out of the way, so your entire analogy is based on a false premise.
Again, I'm happy to substantiate any claim I make, as I have no interest making any I can't. I am always happy to provide a credible source when it is requested, and often do directly when presenting obscure facts. I'm not trying to win anything here or anything of the sort, and whatever you might be trying to do in ignoring the facts I present is something which I hope you might be willing to explain.Originally posted by: TheSkinsFan
Nice try though.
Now your just being a tool trying to sound more educated or intelligent than you really are. "Holocaust" is a universally acceptable term to describe the Nazi's genocide of the Jews during WWII. Jews and gentiles alike use the term without menace or ulterior motive.Originally posted by: kylebisme
I find it odd that anyone would think to use the term "profound" when referring to such diabolical events, and am at a loss as to how you could consider such a perspective a matter of fact. Your reaction is exactly what Ahmadinejad takes issue with when he refers to the Nazi genocide of Jews as a "myth"; not taking issue with the factual basis of the historical events, but rather the religious-like conviction with which many cling to a particular subset of them.Originally posted by: TheSkinsFan
Others were certainly murdered during WWII for whatever reasons Hitler decided made them inferior, but the Jewish Holocaust is the most profound example of his genocidal tendencies. The fact that Achmadinejad can't admit or acknowledge that fact is very... odd.
I also find it odd that anyone would think to use the term "holocaust" when referring to genocide. When speaking of the Nazi genocide of Jews in particular, I prefer "Shoah" as that is Hebrew for "catastrophe", and The Shoah was a man made catastrophe of undeniably horrific scale. Granted, I often avoid that term too when speaking around people I doubt would be familiar with it However, to call a genocide "holocaust" as if it were a ritual offering to God, I find outright disgusting. It seems consistent of the nutcases like John Hagee, who claims Hitler was doing God's will, which is a mentality I want no part of. Granted, but I do understand that many people are unaware of the theological significance of the term.
uh huh. right.Originally posted by: kylebisme
It is dishonest of you to suggest I ever did such a thing, yet you apparently prefer to remain too damned to know well from otherwise.Originally posted by: TheSkinsFan
To sit there and claim that his motives are altruistic, or done in attempt to shed light on the other people who died, is intellectually dishonest. You know damned well that's not his reason for questioning and denying the Holocaust.
So, have you found it yet? Or did what you found not "jive" with your supposed "understanding of Achmadinejad's positions"?Originally posted by: kylebisme
That is what I did when I provided quotes to demonstrate the fact that Ahmadinejad acknowledges the The Shoah, in dispute of your claim to the contrary. Supporting your claims is your homework, not mine.Originally posted by: TheSkinsFan
No, i won't do your homework for you. Go read it "again."
Your referencing Wikipedia is lazy, and not even quoting it here is doubly so.Originally posted by: TheSkinsFan
Hell, even wikipedia paraphrases it. Quit being lazy.
uhg. I really despise obtuseness. You know the quotes, and you know what he meant. You also know that his ultimate goal is to see a Middle East without an Israel -- either by vote following "the right of return," or by force. Either way, that is exactly what he desires, and exactly what he has stated on more than one occasion.Originally posted by: kylebisme
Please cite one specific occasion you are alluding to here so we can discuss the facts of it directly.Originally posted by: TheSkinsFan
He wants Israel, as a country, gone from the map of the Middle East, and you damned well know that. He has said as much, exactly, on more than one occasion.
You attempted to grant Hezbollah an autonomy they do not possess. They are, in fact, a directly controlled military arm of the Iranian government. Iran created them and controls their every move to this day.Originally posted by: kylebisme
All of the facts i mentioned apply to Hezbollah. If you are attempting to suggest that what I have said is anything less than factual, then please state you contest directly, and I will be happy to substantiate my claims.
The question you attempted to answer using that analogy had nothing at all to do with the Lebanese, Palestinians, and Syrians.Originally posted by: kylebisme
Lebanese, Palestinians, and Syrians once stood where Israel continues to occupy and colonize beyond its international recognized borders, forcing such individuals to their knees and worse; hence the analogy.Originally posted by: TheSkinsFan
Iran never stood where Israel is now standing, therefore Israel has never pushed Iran out of the way, so your entire analogy is based on a false premise.
You've produced no facts at all. None. Therefore, I have had none to ignore.Originally posted by: kylebisme
Again, I'm happy to substantiate any claim I make, as I have no interest making any I can't. I am always happy to provide a credible source when it is requested, and often do directly when presenting obscure facts. I'm not trying to win anything here or anything of the sort, and whatever you might be trying to do in ignoring the facts I present is something which I hope you might be willing to explain.Originally posted by: TheSkinsFan
Nice try though.
Originally posted by: Harvey
There is one absolute test to prove whether he's Jewish. Take him to good kosher deli, and buy him a hot pastrami sandwhich. If he puts if he prefers it on white bread, or he puts Miracle Whip on it, you'll KNOW he's not Jewish. :laugh:
You revel in it, and rational discourse with you is not possible until come to terms with this fact, so I will leave this conversation at that.Originally posted by: TheSkinsFan
I really despise obtuseness.
Originally posted by: kylebisme
You revel in it, and rational discourse with you is not possible until come to terms with this fact, so I will leave this conversation at that.Originally posted by: TheSkinsFan
I really despise obtuseness.
Originally posted by: Aimster
Jews are called Jews.
Just like all the millions of Arabs who fled their homelands to Israel.. they are not called Arabs. They are Jews.
Rather, when I called you out on your misrepresentation of Ahmadinejad's 2008 address to the UN General Assembly by asking you to quote exactly what you were referring to, you danced around waving your finger at me, making it obvious you are spewing bullshit here and have no interest in addressing the facts.Originally posted by: TheSkinsFan
When I call you on your bullshit, you run...
Sure, such being treated like second class citizens is exactly why people like Maimonides wound up converting to Islam. Oh, wait, he was a great rabbi to his death, after a long and affluent life in Islamic lands. He was also a fan of Islamic philosophy, but not found of the Christan kind, though I can't blame him on the latter considering demented nature of Christian establishment at that time.Originally posted by: peonyu
Add in a few hundred years of Jihad and being treated like second class citizens under Sha'ria law [if your a non-muslim] and most of them convert to Islam.
Originally posted by: kylebisme
Rather, when I called you out on your misrepresentation of Ahmadinejad's 2008 address to the UN General Assembly by asking you to quote exactly what you were referring to, you danced around waving your finger at me, making it obvious you are spewing bullshit here and have no interest in addressing the facts.Originally posted by: TheSkinsFan
When I call you on your bullshit, you run...
Sure, such being treated like second class citizens is exactly why people like Maimonides wound up converting to Islam.[/B]-- you need to read up on Maimonides...wiki is not histoprically acurate at all. You have no clue about Maimonides..Originally posted by: peonyu
Add in a few hundred years of Jihad and being treated like second class citizens under Sha'ria law [if your a non-muslim] and most of them convert to Islam.
Maimonides (b. 1135, in Cordova) was but thirteen years old (in 1148) when Muslim Cordova fell into the hands of the particularly fanatical Berber Muslim Almohads, who invaded the Iberian peninsula from North Africa. Maimonides and all the dhimmi Jews in Cordova were compelled to choose between Islam and exile. Choosing the latter course, Maimonides and his family for twelve years subsequently led a nomadic life, wandering across Spain. By 1160 they crossed the Mediterranean, and settled at Fez, Morocco (also under Almohad control) where, unknown to the authorities, they hoped to pass as Muslims, while living as crypto-Jews. Maimonides? dual life, however, became increasingly dangerous as his reputation was steadily growing, and the authorities began to inquire into the religious disposition of this highly gifted young man. He was even charged by an informer with the crime of having relapsed (apostasized) from Islam, and, but for the intercession of the poet and theologian Abu al-?Arab al Mu?ishah, a Muslim friend, he would have suffered the fate of his colleague Judah ibn Shoshan, who had shortly before been executed on a similar charge. Given these precarious circumstances, Maimonides? family left Fez, embarking in 1165 to Acre, then to Jerusalem, and on to Fostat (Cairo), where they settled, living once again as dhimmis, albeit under more tolerant Fatimid rule....Maimonides and Islam
Abrogation in the Koran garnered a very interesting discussion. One person offered some quotes from Maimonides and concluded
?Maimonides certainly did not take the position that that Islam was a satanic invention or that Muslims were followers of an alien (pagan or idolatrous) religion (avoda zara).?.
Here?s what Andy Bostom has to say in his forthcoming, ?The Legacy of Islamic Antisemitism?
[..] Moses Maimonides [1135 -1204], Jewish rabbi, physician, and philosopher, was fleeing the Muslims, the intolerant Almohads who conquered Cordoba in 1148. The Almohads persecuted the Jews, and offered them the choice of conversion to Islam, death, or exile. Maimonides? family and other Jews chose exile. But this did not bring any peace to the Jews who had to be on the move constantly to avoid the all-conquering Almohads. After a brief sojourn in Morocco and the Holy Land, Maimonides settled in Fostat, Egypt, where he was physician to the Grand Vizier Alfadhil, and possibly Saladin, the Kurdish Sultan.
Maimonides?s The Epistle to the Jews of Yemen 3 was written in about 1172 in reply to inquiries by Jacob ben Netan?el al-FayyÅ«mi, the then head of the Jewish community in Yemen. The Jews of Yemen were passing through a crisis, as they were being forced to convert to Islam, a campaign launched in about 1165 by ?Abd-al-NabÄ« ibn Mahdi. Maimonides provided them with guidance and with what encouragement he could. The Epistle to the Jews of Yemen gives a clear view of what Maimonides thought of Muhammad the Prophet, â??the Madmanâ?? as he calls him, and of Islam generally. This is what Maimonides wrote:
You write that the rebel leader in Yemen decreed compulsory apostasy for the Jews by forcing the Jewish inhabitants of all the places he had subdued to desert the Jewish religion just as the Berbers had compelled them to do in Maghreb [i.e.Islamic West]. Verily, this news has broken our backs and has astounded and dumbfounded the whole of our community. And rightly so. For these are evil tidings, ?and whosoever heareth of them, both his ears tingle (I Samuel 3:11).? Indeed our hearts are weakened, our minds are confused, and the powers of the body wasted because of the dire misfortunes which brought religious persecutions upon us from the two ends of the world, the East and the West, ?so that the enemies were in the midst of Israel, some on this side, and some on that side.? (Joshua 8:22).
Maimonides points out that persistent persecutions of the Jews by the Muslims amounts to forced conversion:
â?¦the continuous persecutions will cause many to drift away from our faith, to have misgivings, or to go astray, because they witnessed our feebleness, and noted the triumph of our adversaries and their dominion over us?
He continues:
â??After him arose the Madman who emulated his precursor since he paved the way for him. But he added the further objective of procuring rule and submission, and he invented his well known religion.â?? Many Medieval Jewish writers commonly referred to Muhammad as ha-meshugga?, Madmanâ??the Hebrew term, as Norman Stillman notes, being â??pregnant with connotations.â?? 4
Maimonides points to one of the reasons for Muslim hatred of Jews:
Inasmuch as the Muslims could not find a single proof in the entire Bible nor a reference or possible allusion to their prophet which they could utilize, they were compelled to accuse us saying, â??You have altered the text of the Torah, and expunged every trace of the name of Mohammed therefrom.â?? They could find nothing stronger than this ignominious argument.
He notes the depth of Muslim hatred for the Jews, but he also remarks on the Jewish tendency to denial, a feature that he insists will hasten their destruction:
Remember, my co-religionists, that on account of the vast number of our sins, God has hurled us in the midst of this people, the Arabs, who have persecuted us severely, and passed baneful and discriminatory legislation against us, as Scripture has forewarned us, ?Our enemies themselves shall judge us? (Deuteronomy 32:31). Never did a nation molest, degrade, debase and hate us as much as they ?. Although we were dishonored by them beyond human endurance, and had to put with their fabrications, yet we behaved like him who is depicted by the inspired writer, ?But I am as a deaf man, I hear not, and I am as a dumb man that openeth not his mouth.? (Psalms 38:14). Similarly our sages instructed us to bear the prevarications and preposterousness of Ishmael in silence. They found a cryptic allusion for this attitude in the names of his sons ?Mishma, Dumah, and Massa? (Genesis 25:14), which was interpreted to mean, ?Listen, be silent, and endure.? (Targum Pseudo-Jonathan, ad locum). We have acquiesced, both old and young, to inure ourselves to humiliation, as Isaiah instructed us ?I gave my back to the smiters, and my cheeks to them that plucked off the hair.? (50:6).
All this notwithstanding, we do not escape this continued maltreatment which well nigh crushes us. No matter how much we suffer and elect to remain at peace with them, they stir up strife and sedition, as David predicted, ?I am all peace, but when I speak, they are for war.? (Psalms 120:7). If, therefore, we start trouble and claim power from them absurdly and preposterously we certainly give ourselves up to destruction.?
3 Moses Maimonides, Moses Maimonides? Epistle to Yemen: The Arabic Original and the Three Hebrew Versions, Edited from Manuscripts with Introduction and Notes by Abraham S. Halkin, and an English Translation by Boaz Cohen. New York: American Academy for Jewish Research, 1952.
4 Norman Stillman. The Jews of Arab Lands. A History and Source Book. 1979, Philadelphia p.236, and p. 236 note 8
And:
Moreover, fearing the widely prevalent doctrinal fanaticism of the Muslim masses, Maimonides cautioned Jews never to teach Muslims Torah, to avoid being accused by their Muslim interlocutors of blasphemy, and punished; in contrast Maimonides had no such reservations about Jews teaching Torah to â??the uncircumcisedâ??, i.e., Christians. 527a
â?¦it is permitted to teach the commandments and the explanations according to [rabbinic] law to the Christians, but it is prohibited to do likewise for the Muslims. You know, in effect, that according to their belief this Torah is not from heaven and if you teach them something, they will find it contrary to their tradition, because their practices are confused and their opinions bizarre mippnei she-baâ??uu la-hem debariim be-ma`asiim [because a mish-mash of various practices and strange, inapplicable statements were received by them.] What [one teaches them] will not convince them of the falseness of their opinions, but they will interpret it according to their erroneous principles and they will oppress us. [F]or this reason?they hate all [non-Muslims] who live among them. It would then just be a stumbling block for the Israelites who, because of their sins, are in captivity among them.
On the contrary, the uncircumcised [Christians] admit that the text of the Torah, such as we have it, is intact. They interpret it only in an erroneous way and use it for purposes of the allegorical exegesis that is proper to them Ve-yirmezuu bah ha-remaziim hay-yedu`iim la-hem [They would exchange secret signs known only to them.] If one informs them about the correct interpretation, there is hope that they will return from their error, and even if they do not, there is not stumbling block for Israel, for they do not find in their religious law any contradiction with ours
527a. Rambam (Maimonides)â??s Teshuvot Responsa.. A. Freimann, ed. no. 364. Cited in Georges Vajda. â??Juifs et Musulmans Selon Le Haditâ?? Journal Asiatique 1937, Vol. 229, p. 120, note 2. Translated from the French by Susan Emanuel. Oh, wait, he was a great rabbi to his death, after a long and affluent life in Islamic lands. He was also a fan of Islamic philosophy, but not found of the Christan kind, though I can't blame him on the latter considering demented nature of Christian establishment at that time.
Originally posted by: kylebisme
Rather, when I called you out on your misrepresentation of Ahmadinejad's 2008 address to the UN General Assembly by asking you to quote exactly what you were referring to, you danced around waving your finger at me, making it obvious you are spewing bullshit here and have no interest in addressing the facts.Originally posted by: TheSkinsFan
When I call you on your bullshit, you run...
Sure, such being treated like second class citizens is exactly why people like Maimonides wound up converting to Islam. Oh, wait, he was a great rabbi to his death, after a long and affluent life in Islamic lands. He was also a fan of Islamic philosophy, but not found of the Christan kind, though I can't blame him on the latter considering demented nature of Christian establishment at that time.Originally posted by: peonyu
Add in a few hundred years of Jihad and being treated like second class citizens under Sha'ria law [if your a non-muslim] and most of them convert to Islam.
I've read much from Maimonides directly, and much commentary on his life and his work as well. I simply posted the Wiki link for those who might never have heard of the man.Originally posted by: JEDIYoda
...you need to read up on Maimonides...wiki is not histoprically acurate at all. You have no clue about Maimonides..
It was just one notable example which contradicts your claim, and I'd be happy to provide more if you are interested, but won't bother as you seem so hostile to anything of the sort.Originally posted by: peonyu
Oh yes, your one example of a Jew being treated like a human being in the Middle east certainly is convincing that the Middle east was a beacon of tolerance under Islam during the Middle ages.
Originally posted by: kylebisme
I've read much from Maimonides directly, and much commentary on his life and his work as well. I simply posted the Wiki link for those who might never have heard of the man.Originally posted by: JEDIYoda
...you need to read up on Maimonides...wiki is not histoprically acurate at all. You have no clue about Maimonides..
You need to learn to post outside of what you quote, and link to the sources you quote from. Also, if you expect me to bother reading your posts, you'll need to get over your compulsion for excessive bolding.
It was just one notable example which contradicts your claim, and I'd be happy to provide more if you are interested, but won't bother as you seem so hostile to anything of the sort.Originally posted by: peonyu
Oh yes, your one example of a Jew being treated like a human being in the Middle east certainly is convincing that the Middle east was a beacon of tolerance under Islam during the Middle ages.
I said the mentality of the Christian establishment was particularly demented at the time. I also alluded to the fact that this is reflected in Christian philosophy from the period, which only arguably even merits the name. Of course there were demented Muslims at the time too, like any grouping of people have some share of demented individuals at any point in time. However, in comparing Christian and Islamic establishments as a whole during the period, the former was a cesspool of ignorance while the latter was a beacon of reason.Originally posted by: peonyu
You said Christian behavior was demented during the Middle ages, but Islamic behavior wasnt ?
Not even close.Originally posted by: peonyu
Muslims butchered [and oppressed via Sharia'law] non-Muslims as often, if not more often than Christians in Europe did.
You don't see a lot of things, which can be said for all of us, though some of us respect that fact far more than you apparently do. Furthermore, unlike some of us, you also see a lot of things which have no basis in reality.Originally posted by: peonyu
And as far as hostility goes...I dont see...
Originally posted by: kylebisme
What you suggest here doesn't jive with my understanding of Ahmadinejad's positions. Would you please quote whatever statement(s) you are basing your claim on?Originally posted by: TheSkinsFan
...or Ahmadinejad's belief that there is a global Zionist conspiracy afoot to control all international finance.
Originally posted by: kylebisme
I read it back when it was presented and don't recall anything in it which support the argument you presented. I will reread it again shortly though just for refresher sake. In the mean time, could you please quote here specifically whatever statement(s) you believe best substantiates your claim?Originally posted by: TheSkinsFan
Read the transcript of Ahmadinejad's 2008 address to the UN General Assembly.
Originally posted by: kylebisme
Rather, when I called you out on your misrepresentation of Ahmadinejad's 2008 address to the UN General Assembly by asking you to quote exactly what you were referring to, you danced around waving your finger at me, making it obvious you are spewing bullshit here and have no interest in addressing the facts.Originally posted by: TheSkinsFan
When I call you on your bullshit, you run...
"The dignity, integrity and rights of the American and European people are being played with by a small but deceitful number of people called Zionists. Although they are a miniscule minority, they have been dominating an important portion of the financial and monetary centers as well as the political decision-making centers of some European countries and the US in a deceitful, complex and furtive manner. It is deeply disastrous to witness that some presidential or premiere nominees in some big countries have to visit these people, take part in their gatherings, swear their allegiance and commitment to their interests in order to attain financial or media support.
This means that the great people of America and various nations of Europe need to obey the demands and wishes of a small number of acquisitive and invasive people. These nations are spending their dignity and resources on the crimes and occupations and the threats of the Zionist network against their will".
Why would you even think to try to make a comparison by looking at one side alone? If you have any intrest in being reasonable here, you could start here.Originally posted by: peonyu
In your words, Islamic civilization in comparison to the Christian West was a beacon of reason. Sharia law was pracitced during that time, just based on that alone...
Sure enough, he only suggested Zionists control a key portion of Western finance, which you embellished to accuse him of claiming they were conspiring to control all international finance.Originally posted by: TheSkinsFan
Originally posted by: TheSkinsFan
...Zionist conspiracy afoot to control all international finance.
Excerpt from Achmadinejad's 2008 address to the UN General Assembly (23 September 2008):
Source (PDF)
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Zionists... dominating an important portion of the financial and monetary centers... of some European countries and the US...
Rather, I've long been comfortable with the fact that I'll never come close to knowing everything, and hence am not compelled to imagine knowing more than I do.Originally posted by: TheSkinsFan
Just when you though you knew everything...
Dance much? :roll:Originally posted by: kylebisme
Originally posted by: TheSkinsFan
...Zionist conspiracy afoot to control all international finance.Sure enough, he only suggested Zionists control a key portion of Western finance, which you embellished to accuse him of claiming they were conspiring to control all international finance.Originally posted by: TheSkinsFan
Excerpt from Achmadinejad's 2008 address to the UN General Assembly (23 September 2008):
Source (PDF)
Zionists... dominating an important portion of the financial and monetary centers... of some European countries and the US...
"The dignity, integrity and rights of the American and European people are being played with by a small but deceitful number of people called Zionists. Although they are a miniscule minority, they have been dominating an important portion of the financial and monetary centers as well as the political decision-making centers of some European countries and the US in a deceitful, complex and furtive manner. It is deeply disastrous to witness that some presidential or premiere nominees in some big countries have to visit these people, take part in their gatherings, swear their allegiance and commitment to their interests in order to attain financial or media support.
This means that the great people of America and various nations of Europe need to obey the demands and wishes of a small number of acquisitive and invasive people. These nations are spending their dignity and resources on the crimes and occupations and the threats of the Zionist network against their will".