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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My question is prompted by the recent acts of terrorism in Paris.

Nothing that I say should be viewed as condoning what happened because it was horrific. But what passes my mind is why anyone would use freedom of speech and expression to mock someone else's faith and [b]cause them to act in a manner that resulted in innocent lives being lost[/b]. What was really gained by publishing these cartoons that caused such offense?.[/quote]

WHOAH. The cartoonists did not "cause [the murderers] to act in a manner that resulted in innocent lives being lost."

Distorted ideology and fundamentalism caused it.  Don't for one second try and turn this around and imply that they were just asking for it.

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Maybe the question to ask is why do people get so upset when their faith is "mocked"  - which i far as I can tell, is not pretending that it's as important to others as it is to the person who hold some of beliefs of religion, which lest face it -- some are pretty outlandish in a modern society.  I wager that most Christians, while "respecting" muslims, think the idea of Mohammad riding a winded horse to heaven is pretty wacky -- just a wacky as some people of other religions think Jesus rising from the dead and ascending into heaven is.

[b]And atheists (who by the way, don't have a "belief system") thinking that humans die just like all other living things? -- despite the evidence all around us, lots of people think that's wacky.[/b][/quote]

huh?

How exactly are we supposed to die?  What does this even mean?[/quote]

According to Christianity, humans who believe Jesus is the son of god who died for their sins, will go to heaven when they die and live for eternity there. Non-humans (e.g. dogs and cats and other animals) have no souls and can't go to heaven.   Muslims also believe in an afterlife (for humans -- I don't know about pets).   Atheists and people of some other religions do not think that there is an afterlife.[/quote]I always tell people that you do additional research especially when a topic starts out with 'according to....'   Here's another 3-page perspective.

http://www.christianitytoday.com/ct/2012/april/do-pets-go-to-heaven.html[/quote]

what in the "according to..." post requires additional research.  This is simple Christian teaching.[/quote]

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