Ah Pericles how perfect must be your humanity. But can it be humanity if not subject to the failings of that very humanity?

The reason I beat my children, is because of the PTSD generated in service of my nation over a lifetime. Service fighting small minded people whom are convinced of their right to empire over others. What a puerile comment. Nonetheless, for such a mind, the simple...

I seek not perfection, I recognise my (our) human limitations.

I grant others that that they grant me. Equity is sufficient, neither perfection nor canonisation is demanded.

So, should a Muslim seek harbour in my house, it would be gladly granted. However, should he seek solace with my wife, I WOULD DISMEMBER THE BASTARD with a Semtex suppository!

I expect nothing less should I be at his hearth.

Hence, for every Mosque in Australia, a Church or Synagogue in the Muslim domain.

Yin - Yang is sufficient.

Hi Corri,

I have been following the thread for a while.
I do follow the Islamic faith and if I may, I would recommend a video
on youtube by Dr Gary Miller titled 'Basis of Muslim belief'.

It will give you a good insight of what Islam is and isn't.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yw7hUkppT9c

Have a merry christmas and a happy 2008,

Peace,

Further advice for Corri:
If you are desirous of tasting halal cuisine, go straight to the original recipe, OK it may have some ingredients the Surgeon General or AMA wouldn’t endorse – but at least you’ll know when you’ve had a belly full of it.
The haute cuisine recipes’ some fellows have recommended, are so modified with artificial sweeteners and diluting agents , that they differ little from the hundreds of other insubstancial, soups-of-the-day, all masquerading as the main course.

Thanks Fellow Human, I have watched (listened) to part 1 of 7 and will get around to the others over the Christmas break.

Horus, as for Halal cuisine, I'll try virtually anything once ... though where would I find this in Sydney or surrounds?

Thank you one and all for your input, as a celebrator of Christmas, I wish you all a Merry Christmas and a happy new year!

Sneek

You must be kidding.
It is our country and what the past leaders said is right.
Welcome but dont try to change us.
If anybody must change its you.
Only good manners really.

In case you havent noticed- This is Australia.
A unique and kind country.
The elections are over and the Greens now have more power.
At least they are dinky di and not just floating for a paid position.
Thats got to be a good start.
Jihad will happen when they are ready.
There have been sleepers here for many years.
No doubt that one day upon command will attack the friends who helped them.
Its not If
Its simply when.

Hi Corri... I'm jumping in here to give some balance to our resident "Da'wa" exponent FH :)

He suggests you listen to Gary Miller. I did, and wish to highlight a couple of things.

1/ He points to the Quran as 'the Muslims miracle' yet just this afternoon I read from the hadith about how it was compiled as follows:

//"So I started looking for the Qur'an and collecting it from (what was written on) palmed stalks, thin white stones and also from the men who knew it by heart, till I found the last Verse of Surat At-Tauba (Repentance) with Abi Khuzaima Al-Ansari, and I did not find it with anybody other than him. The Verse is:....//

Now.. after this young bloke gathered all the bits and pieces from chunks of palm, stones etc and the (credible?) memories of people.... he found ONE person who ALONE had 'ONE' verse that no one else knew of... hmmmm (suspicious look) and they added it. Then..all other copies and fragments were burned on order of Omar the Caliph.

Now.. Christianity could have done the same. Constantine could have chosen ONE version, had all the rest burned, all fragments papyrus etc..and then Christians could claim "Oh Look.. this was dicated from God... there is only ONE Bible..." see where I'm heading?

//G.R.. Miller is a mathematician and a theologian. He was active inChristian missionary work at a particular point of his life but he soonbegan to discover many inconsistencies in the Bible. In 1978, hehappened to read the Qur'an expecting that it, too, would contain amixture of truth and falsehood.

He discovered to his amazement that the message of the Qur'an was precisely the same as the essence of truth that he had distilled from the Bible. He became a Muslim and since then has been active in giving public presentations on Islam including radio and television appearances//

ERR...yep.. since Omar burnt all the 'INCONSISTENT' copies of course he will find this result :)
http://www.geocities.com/freethoughtmecca/garymiller.html