just curious but why is being a Muslim seen as being...

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No, Aramaic is considered extinct. However, I listed it as an example because some of the consonants had shifted away from Hebrew. Much like how the consonant had between German and Latin.

To Stimshieme:

The Einstein quote in your signature doesn't mean what you think it means. The Spinozan god is more a pantheist view, not the common view of a god. Spinoza was denounced as an atheist when he said that the universe was G-d. Also, Einstein was more agnostic.

Cool.

muslim has a bad reputation because of the violent elements that is true. and the only press it gets is the kind that focuses on the extreme kind that badmouth other religions
eg: one muslim woman i heard on tv talking about the terrorist attacks in bali "i feel nothing for people that are infidels" she was talking about the victims, which were australian, american, british, local balinese among others... she said others things too, things i will not write here.
on one hand she was protesting about the things people think about islam and say and yet on the other hand she was badmouthing people just because they don't follow her religion. grrrrr.
anyway I am not going to slag off(insult) the decent islamic person (they exist) because of the violent elements. but I will not accept the element that says it is ok for islamic people to insult other religions and races but it is not ok for people to offer constructive criticisim to them.

Some muslims prefer to shun the ayas that state "There is no compulsion in religion" for the ones that say " Slay the Pagans wherever you find them!"

After all, it is the only way they'll show they are pious. Being kind and accepting is too much work.


Whatever human beings may do,
they are constantly mimicked by the ape who studies their behaviour.
The ape thinks it's doing the same thing,
but how would that perverse creature know the difference?
Some people are moved to act on God's command,
and some out of perversity.
Hypocrites pray alongside sincere believers out of perversity,
not humble supplication.
In prayer, fasting, pilgrimage and alms-giving,
faithful and hypocrites alike enjoy victory and defeat.
To the faithful in the end goes victory;
to the hypocrite goes defeat in the next world.
While both appear to be playing the same game,
in reality they are leagues apart.
Each proceeds to his appropriate dwelling place;
each lives up to his name
Call him a true believer, his soul rejoices.
Call him a hypocrite, he burst into flames.

Who is keeping score?