ArmyRick said:
I watched Dr. Zakir Naik get schooled by a former muslim current medical student aethiest
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XEcocSZnk1g
Truth is Dr Naik does not impress me much, like very little to no logic in his arguments and lots of shouting
AbdullahD,
You better understand, military people are very "spock like" meaning they are very logical thinkers that thrive on logic, facts, evidence, science, etc. Hence why Liberals are usually not very popular on army.ca
George Wallace had put a fantastic video IMO about moderation in Islam and a few progressive thoughts on it
https://www.facebook.com/nevereveragainever/videos/573648132801385/
Also, you stated earlier that you did not bother to watch Dr Bill Warner's video on history of Islam. If you want to prove him wrong, please state some specifics. I have been slowly cross checking what he says about the wars between islam and Christian through the ages and so far, all seems acurate. BTW he does point out the blood and evil on the hands of Christians and Jews in that video.
I watched almost all the videos you sent me a link for (made understanding some of the Quaran passages much easier to understand, I will admit)
Sorry for my late reply ArmyRick.
Truth is I was considering how to reply and if one was warranted.
Zakir Naik, does not impress me much either, hence why I am not up to date on him. I was just suprised he is considered a radical. He is not a speaker who is fine tuned to speak to Military spock esque types, hence why it makes sense you dont like him.
The amount of Muslim speakers doing good work, to combat the bad image of Islam are quite a Many and I am glad you liked the personality that Mr.Wallace supplied. I just hope more good personalities come into existance or the media spotlight.
One of the major reasons I do not feel compelled to debunk absolutely everything that can be debunked is because I am not qualified to do so. I am not saying everything Dr.Warner said is wrong, but my gut and my current knowledge disagrees with some of it. I supplied Mufti Menks life of the prophet youtube link to you, so you could understand there is more to the story. Towards the end of the 40hr series it starts detailing more of the wars, but not extensively, but enough for me and to be honest I dont know much more then what Mufti Menk said in this series.
Just remember I am just some guy, feeling compelled to defend the other side of the story a bit. Mayhap I am making mistakes that makes my conveying ideas to you harder.. but I will try to pick my fights and supply as much evidences as I can... aka ill try to be spock like
but just remember, it would be like me going to a Muslim forum and defending the Armed forces.. I'm mostly ignorant, but I'd try.
In closing I will say, my belief is that Islam is perfect, but Muslims are just Humans. Islam is no threat to the west, but radicalized ignorant Muslims may be, yet those Muslims who are properly practicing Islam are going to be amongst those who stand with you to defend this country from radicals of all kinds. I also believe this is true for Sikhs, Christians, Jews etc. People claiming to be or who are Muslims, have done some heinous acts that there is no excuse for and for that divine punishment or mortal punishment should be dealt out.
I honestly and sincerely hope we all end up kicking it in paradise together in the next life and we can laugh about these small things.
Abdullah
p.s I'm not a liberal