Comments on: I Bring What I Love http://www.tedprize.org/tedprize-updates/i-bring-what-i-love/ TED Prize Winner Updates and Input Mon, 19 Jul 2010 08:07:56 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: akinola elijah abayomi http://www.tedprize.org/tedprize-updates/i-bring-what-i-love/comment-page-1/#comment-71554 akinola elijah abayomi Sun, 12 Jul 2009 21:17:52 +0000 http://www.tedprize.org/?p=560#comment-71554 most christian believe that God is mercy to us everything we do in life, let love each other so that ends of the day we can enter the kingdom of heaven. most christian believe that God is mercy to us everything we do in life, let love each other so that ends of the day we can enter the kingdom of heaven.

]]> By: Kerri-Ann http://www.tedprize.org/tedprize-updates/i-bring-what-i-love/comment-page-1/#comment-69592 Kerri-Ann Sat, 20 Jun 2009 14:52:03 +0000 http://www.tedprize.org/?p=560#comment-69592 The only reasons Christians aren't openly killing others is we have been taught by the Christ (Jesus) to turn the other cheek. When one studies the history of so-called religious wars it is clearly evident that religious beliefs were just another weapon being employed in order to steal and conquer and subjugate. These wars had to do with money, never God, just as they do today. Not everyone who says they are a Christian or a Muslim or Hindu or a member any other religion are total converts to the message. Religion is a personal experience. One can know very little about a religion by scanning a text or talking to a few of its adherents and most certainly nothing can be learnt from media images of the religion. Religion, like all things, are best studied carefully with a mind free of preconceived ideas. It is not an experience gained from what other people say or do people but rather a relationship with something outside of this. The only reasons Christians aren’t openly killing others is we have been taught by the Christ (Jesus) to turn the other cheek. When one studies the history of so-called religious wars it is clearly evident that religious beliefs were just another weapon being employed in order to steal and conquer and subjugate. These wars had to do with money, never God, just as they do today. Not everyone who says they are a Christian or a Muslim or Hindu or a member any other religion are total converts to the message.

Religion is a personal experience. One can know very little about a religion by scanning a text or talking to a few of its adherents and most certainly nothing can be learnt from media images of the religion. Religion, like all things, are best studied carefully with a mind free of preconceived ideas. It is not an experience gained from what other people say or do people but rather a relationship with something outside of this.

]]> By: Drew http://www.tedprize.org/tedprize-updates/i-bring-what-i-love/comment-page-1/#comment-68903 Drew Fri, 12 Jun 2009 02:22:15 +0000 http://www.tedprize.org/?p=560#comment-68903 D'Nour's music is wonderful. His religion is not. Not because all Muslims are violent, they clearly are not. But because the religion is by its nature intolerant. So is Christianity. The only reason Christians aren't openly killing others in religious wars is they have learned to moderate their religion. What's important to note is that they have moderated by going *away* from the religion, not because it is somehow more tolerant. Activist Muslims are merely expressing what their religion is: intolerant of other points of view. Maybe his fellow adherents' reaction to this documentary will help D'Nour come to recognize that the beauty in his soul is his humanity, not his religion. Casting off the latter will allow the former to truly shine. D’Nour’s music is wonderful. His religion is not.

Not because all Muslims are violent, they clearly are not. But because the religion is by its nature intolerant. So is Christianity. The only reason Christians aren’t openly killing others in religious wars is they have learned to moderate their religion.

What’s important to note is that they have moderated by going *away* from the religion, not because it is somehow more tolerant. Activist Muslims are merely expressing what their religion is: intolerant of other points of view.

Maybe his fellow adherents’ reaction to this documentary will help D’Nour come to recognize that the beauty in his soul is his humanity, not his religion. Casting off the latter will allow the former to truly shine.

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