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Dome of the Rock
Phidippides:
The Dome of the Rock was built on the same platform that the Temple of Solomon once stood (destroyed by the Romans, 70 A.D.). For Muslims, this became a holy site after it was already holy within Judaism (and Christianity?). Do you think that the Muslims should have built their site here?
DonaldBaker:
No, but to the victors go the spoils. Should we have put Mt. Rushmore on the sacred Black Hills of the Sioux? Absolutely not, but to the victors go the spoils.
skiguy:
Isn't the Dome where Mohammed supposedly rose to heaven? It's such a sacred place to all 3 religions.
According to wikipedia, the Temple Mount is where Adam was created as well as where Abraham sacrificed Isaac (or Ishmael if you're a Muslim).
Some amazing religious history on this site, that's for sure.
donroc:
Osama rises from the "ground zero mosque?" ::)
scout1067:
--- Quote from: DonaldBaker on October 02, 2010, 05:07:26 PM ---No, but to the victors go the spoils. Should we have put Mt. Rushmore on the sacred Black Hills of the Sioux? Absolutely not, but to the victors go the spoils.
--- End quote ---
If that is the case, and I am not arguing it, then the Israels are perfectly justified in rebuilding their temple there right? Also, it was once the Church of the Holy Sepulcher as well. Remember, I am still a Right of Conquest type guy.
The Muslims built the Dome of the Rock there as a means of asserting a claim to territory they had conquered. I am not convinced that Muslims really believe in Allah. I sometimes think they just use Allah as a cheap means to justify whatever ends they choose. I am pretty close in m thinking to rejecting claims that Islam is a religion in the first place. I begin to think it is nothing more than a political ideology wrapped up in religious robes. Similar to Nazism, Communism, or Socialism. It is called a religion because it is one of the oldest political ideologies around.
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