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[b]OP quotes the following passage, adding her own bolding, which I've removed:[/b]

Subject: Worldly success doesn't define a Christian
 Anonymous 
There is a middle way, OP. [b]I think [/b]Jesus tells us that wealth corrupts - that it makes us strive for the wrong things, care for the wrong things, and spend our time in the wrong way. You can see that side of things, yes? That materialism is not the path to God? But the world shows us that just because you trust in God all your material needs (basic food, clothing, shelter) will not be magically provided. Plenty of good people, all over the world, starve to death. So [b]I think[/b] the idea is that money should never be the point, the thing you strive for, because it is likely to lead you away from God. It might bring you closer to a new church building, sure, but there is nothing that says that church buildings or priests or fancy pews are closer to God than a person in the streets serving the homeless. And Jesus never did say that hard work and responsibility were Godly virtues. He said that love is the most important thing. [b]I'd argue[/b] that it isn't terribly loving to let your children suffer through hunger and cold, so you need some responsibility and hard work to feed them, but Jesus didn't say that.

[b]And then OP writes:[/b]

In the above bold face comments, I'm not seeing any "some", "a few", or any other qualifiers associated. Where are they? It's pretty clear in at least some of the comments the poster is indeed speaking about the Christian belief system, not simply HER belief system. This is no different from what Muslima has done. Yet you find fault with Muslima. It is because she identified herself as a Muslim who loves her faith and spoke positively about Islam. You have made her the target, but not your own Christian brethren simply because she is a Muslim.[/quote]

OP, you are such a shameless liar. I'm not the pants on fire poster, but she's right about you.

In a single para, the PP above, who is not me, qualified her statements as being her opinions three-3-THREE TIMES. Yeah, that PP doesn't say "some" or "few"-- but she does say "I think" twice and "I'd argue" once.

I've removed your deceptive and misleading building in order to bold her qualifiers. Does everybody see them now?

OP, at various points you've claimed to have a PhD and to be a journalist. You should be ashamed of your performance here. [/quote]

Above is an instructive example of why nobody should trust OP to interpret anything for them. Ever.

If we can't trust OP to interpret a post we can all read for ourselves, then why on earth would we trust her to interpret her religion, or Dr. Ahmed, for us.[/quote]

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