Stupid musical statements that you can't fathom

TockTockTock · 01-29-2011, 05:02 PM

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Originally Posted by Janszoon

Wow, talk about over analyzing. The words I used are the words from the title of the thread.

I'm really not over analyzing anything. I just got the feeling that you disliked Cat Stevens. I'm just going into detail in why I felt that way.

s_k · 01-29-2011, 05:34 PM

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Originally Posted by Jack Pat

I guess you could consider it a form of prejudice but... I think that same way for Christianity. I think it depends on how you interpret it.

Prejudice, yes.
Well I'm pretty much against any form of religion that includes honoring any type of higher 'being'. I'm not saying there's nothing more, but the way it's interpreted by most religious people scares the **** out of me.
But a main difference between Islam and "modern" christianism is the fact that back in the... What was it, 18th century? Christian religions changed. I'm not sure what you call it here. We call it 'verlichting', meaning 'enlightenment'. As far as I know the Islam never had that. Makes quite a big difference. There's no such thing as a 'jihad' for christian religions. There's some idiots trying to convert everything they run into, but as far as I know no holy wars are fought over christianity and as far as I know even the christian extremists aren't that extreme.

dankrsta · 01-29-2011, 05:49 PM

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Originally Posted by s_k

There's no such thing as a 'jihad' for christian religions. There's some idiots trying to convert everything they run into, but as far as I know no holy wars are fought over christianity and as far as I know even the christian extremists aren't that extreme.

Um..what about Crusades. Those were seen as holy wars at the time and are still seen as such. But, I agree generally with what you said. Holy War is not something that is a part of Christian dogma as far as I know. But, it was happening throughout the history, with Crusades being the most obvious example.

Urban Hat€monger ? · 01-29-2011, 05:52 PM

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Originally Posted by s_k

There's some idiots trying to convert everything they run into, but as far as I know no holy wars are fought over christianity and as far as I know even the christian extremists aren't that extreme.

No it was called Imperialism instead

TockTockTock · 01-29-2011, 05:55 PM

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Originally Posted by s_k

Prejudice, yes.
Well I'm pretty much against any form of religion that includes honoring any type of higher 'being'. I'm not saying there's nothing more, but the way it's interpreted by most religious people scares the **** out of me.
But a main difference between Islam and "modern" christianism is the fact that back in the... What was it, 18th century? Christian religions changed. I'm not sure what you call it here. We call it 'verlichting', meaning 'enlightenment'. As far as I know the Islam never had that. Makes quite a big difference. There's no such thing as a 'jihad' for christian religions. There's some idiots trying to convert everything they run into, but as far as I know no holy wars are fought over christianity and as far as I know even the christian extremists aren't that extreme.

In terms of modernization, yes, Christianity is more "modern" than Islam. Yes, there's no jihad in Christianity, but there certainly are extremist Christians. Albeit, they're not Al Queda, but there certainly are some crazy ones. I guess the KKK qualifies as a Christian organization....

You must also remember that Islam was founded 500 years after Christianity, so maybe that's the reason it hasn't achieved what Christianity has. That might just be an excuse, though.

Personally, I'm not a big fan of either religions.

djchameleon · 01-29-2011, 05:55 PM

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Huge fan of rock (particularly classic rock) because in addition to good songwriting and singing you need instrumental talent. No matter what school of rap it doesn't have that. I'm not a huge rap fan....I guess I like some of the older stuff in moderation but I can't stand the new ****....rappers just seem to bitch and moan about how hard their life was as a child or its about drugs and slapping ho's etc....yes rockstars do this too I suppose but its nowhere near as common, IMO. On the contrary, most new rock music isn't very interesting either. No one seems to be trying very hard to make a good, original sounding song minus the few veteran rock bands that are still around. They don't have their own unique sound or styles anymore, guitar solos suck or are generic, and I don't think there has been a single drum solo in a rock song since the 1980s. IMO, thats the stuff that makes a hard rock song good.

taken from another forum. you can tell he only listens to classic rock

Ska Lagos Jew Sun Ra · 01-29-2011, 06:02 PM

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Originally Posted by dankrsta

Um..what about Crusades. Those were seen as holy wars at the time and are still seen as such. But, I agree generally with what you said. Holy War is not something that is a part of Christian dogma as far as I know. But, it was happening throughout the history, with Crusades being the most obvious example.

Actually, it's kind of still happening. Many people tend to overlook the fact that Iraq was not a Muslim or religious nation at all. Sadam hated Islam. However, one of the first things that happened when he was overthrown was the building of churches, which American soldiers have been assigned to protect...

Yes, the Christian world is still trying to "convert the snakes".