Plan for Mosque III...

[Cull]

You really need to look into religions then more if you think that was Taoism/Daoism.

And 100? Pssh. Stop caring and then you're be all good.

 

[cardgame]

Interesting, though it has a Hindu swastika the 'steeple' for lack of a better word has the Buddhist ship's wheel design.

 

[Forty-Two]

You really need to look into religions then more if you think that was Taoism/Daoism.

And 100? Pssh. Stop caring and then you're be all good.

Taoist temple. It looks rather similar to that.


But it's my first 100. Surely that's something to be proud of.

 

[Tee Kay]

Eastern religions borrow a lot from each other.

 

[Forty-Two]

Eastern religions borrow a lot from each other.

There are much more differences than there are similarities.

 

[Forty-Two]

I find it quite funny that this thread dies right before the new one begins. Will this thread be the last one?


When is the mosque expected to be completed? How long will people be protesting after it's construction?

 

[Tee Kay]

There are much more differences than there are similarities.

Probably. Though followers of Eastern religions often see no contradiction in following several different traditions. Traditional Chinese "folk religion" for instance is really a trio of Confucianism, Taoism and (Mahayana) Buddhism (and the many different branches of those) plus traditional Chinese dieties and ancestral worship. The Japanese conduct both Buddhist and Shinto rites. Self-proclaimed Southeast Asian Buddhists may also conduct animist rites or pray at Hindu shrines. Mongolian Buddhism is really a mix of Lamanist and Shamanist traditions, and so on.

 

[flamingzaroc121]

Would we allow any of them to build a temple near Ground Zero?

 

[Forty-Two]

Perhaps. Though followers of Eastern religions often see no contradiction in following several different traditions. Traditional Chinese "folk religion" for instance is really a trio of Confucianism, Taoism and (Mahayana) Buddhism (and the many different branches of those) plus traditional Chinese dieties and ancestral worship. The Japanese conduct both Buddhist and Shinto rites. Self-proclaimed Southeast Asian Buddhists may also conduct animist rites or pray at Hindu shrines. Mongolian Buddhism is really a mix of Lamanist and Shamanist traditions, and so on.

While yes, they are rather intertwined, but they are much more separate than they are alike. Taoism and Confucianism, despite being founded in the same place and having very similar traditions, they follow very different beliefs and philosophies. The same can be said for Christianity and Judaism, or Buddhism and Hinduism.

 

[Forty-Two]

Would we allow any of them to build a temple near Ground Zero?

Why not?

 

[Ajidica]

I realize the purpose of your question, but you failed to answer mine. Would you still support the mosque if it was pressed right against the WTC? I'm asking this purely out of curiosity, of course.

I would support it, but I would be far less approving of it (but still approving of it!).

 

[flamingzaroc121]

Why not?

Okay, that means the mosque is fine too, done and done.

 

[Forty-Two]

I would support it, but I would be far less approving of it (but still approving of it!).

Interesting. How much farther would the mosque need to be built for a person who opposes the mosque to approve the mosque?

 

[Ajidica]

Some would argue all of them should be out of America.

 

[aimeeandbeatles]

Im sort of disappointed that the design of the mosque/community center thing just looks like an office building. I think minarets look cool.

 

[warpus]

If the dudes came out with a plan to build a mosque right on the WTC site (ground zero), and the community leaders accepted the plan the same way they accepted this, I would approve... assuming that there wasn't stuff that the community leaders overlooked, like an osama statue, or an upside down american flag, or something.

 

[Forty-Two]

Im sort of disappointed that the design of the mosque/community center thing just looks like an office building. I think minarets look cool.

Where did you get an image of it?

 

[Forty-Two]

Okay, that means the mosque is fine too, done and done.

What does building a temple have to do with a mosque?

 

[Ajidica]

If the dudes came out with a plan to build a mosque right on the WTC site (ground zero), and the community leaders accepted the plan the same way they accepted this, I would approve... assuming that there wasn't stuff that the community leaders overlooked, like an osama statue, or an upside down american flag, or something.

I actualy would be opposed to building anything on the grounds of the WTC itself, oddly enough. Let it remind us of the dangers of intolerance, hatred, and the devestation that comes out of exclusionist thinking. Turn everything around it into community centers for peace and understanding, but we have to remember the dangers of fundamentalism.

Where did you get an image of it?

The builders have already mentioned there will be no Minarets or muzzien.

 

[Forty-Two]

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