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<blockquote data-quote="briarcreekguy" data-source="post: 2694901" data-attributes="member: 16975"><p>I may be wrong, but I define a phobia as an irrational fear of something, I.E. claustrophobia. I don't think what most people feel about Islam is a phobia, but a prudent caution. When someone threatens to kill you, I think that the cautious person take that at face value. I'm not sure what percentage of Muslims want to kill all outsiders, but according to recent polls taken here in the US, a significant percentage of those living here would like to see the rise of a world wide caliphate. My own feeling about Islam have been formed by personal experiences over the last 30 some odd years. Back in the 80's I was influenced by my lab partners, Walid and Marhwan, one a Muslim the other a Coptic Christian, and the hatred they had for each other simply because of faith. In the 90's it was shaped by a beautiful Muslim girl, who stated that she would never marry a Muslim man, because of the way they treated their wives, but couldn't marry outside her religion for fear of her life. Or the angry young man, in my Anatomy class that proudly proclaimed that America would never be safe as long as we supported Israel. So I don't think it is a phobia, if I show caution and contempt for the jihadists.</p><p></p><p>And for the one that asked, I've been many things in my life, a church goer, an agnostic, and now a Christian, in the Church of Christ. I'm pretty sure if anyone in the church stood up and proclaimed a holy war, the vast majority would instantly denounce them, something that is lacking from the majority of Muslims.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="briarcreekguy, post: 2694901, member: 16975"] I may be wrong, but I define a phobia as an irrational fear of something, I.E. claustrophobia. I don't think what most people feel about Islam is a phobia, but a prudent caution. When someone threatens to kill you, I think that the cautious person take that at face value. I'm not sure what percentage of Muslims want to kill all outsiders, but according to recent polls taken here in the US, a significant percentage of those living here would like to see the rise of a world wide caliphate. My own feeling about Islam have been formed by personal experiences over the last 30 some odd years. Back in the 80's I was influenced by my lab partners, Walid and Marhwan, one a Muslim the other a Coptic Christian, and the hatred they had for each other simply because of faith. In the 90's it was shaped by a beautiful Muslim girl, who stated that she would never marry a Muslim man, because of the way they treated their wives, but couldn't marry outside her religion for fear of her life. Or the angry young man, in my Anatomy class that proudly proclaimed that America would never be safe as long as we supported Israel. So I don't think it is a phobia, if I show caution and contempt for the jihadists. And for the one that asked, I've been many things in my life, a church goer, an agnostic, and now a Christian, in the Church of Christ. I'm pretty sure if anyone in the church stood up and proclaimed a holy war, the vast majority would instantly denounce them, something that is lacking from the majority of Muslims. [/QUOTE]
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