Comments on: United 93

By: marc

marc — Sat, 29 Nov 2008 16:45:05 +0000

IMO, your indignation is a call to action. Better you remember the ways your faith is abused by killers than to forget their twisted prayers.

By: Tom

Tom — Fri, 28 Nov 2008 18:59:22 +0000

Apart from my surprise that you’ve become a Muslim, I’m wondering why you’re only seeing this movie now…didn’t it come out back in 2005?

By: Grewgills

Grewgills — Fri, 28 Nov 2008 17:57:40 +0000

Sadly they failed.

I have to disagree. It is sad that they died, but they succeeded in preventing a much greater loss of life by stopping the plane before it reached the terrorists intended destination.

…those criminals who killed innocent people while reciting these holy words.

It is sad that so many use religion to justify their hatreds.

By: PhilosopherP

PhilosopherP — Fri, 28 Nov 2008 13:26:40 +0000

Above I wasn’t quite clear — when I said “here” I didn’t mean the U.S., rather I mean on Earth — in our current realm of experience.

By: PhilosopherP

PhilosopherP — Fri, 28 Nov 2008 13:24:56 +0000

I understand — I feel the same way when I read about the Crusades or hear about some bozo bombing an abortion clinic here in the U.S. The conflict in Northern Ireland made even less sense to me — killing folks because they aren’t the correct kind of Christians — senseless.

In an odd way, 9/11 prompted many in the U.S. to at least attempt to understand the basics of Islam. When they do, they see that the terrorists don’t represent Islam. Since the only possible harm the terrorists CAN do happens here, long-term they may have helped Islam more than they hurt it, as Islam only benefits when people understand it. I also think that their actions may have prompted good Muslims to be more observant — if only to show that the terrorists did not represent them.

I firmly believe that the 9/11 terrorists immedately discovered that they weren’t rewarded for their actions by God — I’m not sure how they are actually spending their eternity, but I’m pretty sure it isn’t as they expected.