tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6358737.post-37959371901158404102008-01-13T21:55:00.000-08:002008-01-13T21:55:00.000-08:002008-01-13T21:55:00.000-08:00<I>Shouldn't the 'tolerant' Christian not try to 'lower' himself to the more restrictive rules of the other party?</I><BR/><BR/>Why?<BR/><BR/>Bethlehem Arabic: بيت لحم, Bayt Laḥm (help·info), lit "House of Meat"; Greek: Βηθλεέμ; Hebrew: בית לחם‎, Beit Lehem, lit "House of Bread")<BR/><BR/>It's not an Arabic name, by the way. "Bethlehem" pre-dates the existence of the Arabic language. I'm unclear on why you ask Arabic speakers for the origin of the name. Do you expect Christians to be tolerant of that show of disrespect as well?<BR/><BR/>Why would you expect Christians or anybody else to be tolerant of the intolerant? Jesus himself was not.<BR/><BR/>I thought the displays of ignorance and bigotry in this thread were pretty good arguments for settling some matters on the battlefield, the old fashioned way. I'm down with that, since that seems to be what everyone else wants to do.<BR/><BR/>PS-Why would a recent American convert to Islam feel that his opinion about what should or should not offend "most Americans" have value, by the way? How many American converts to Islam are there? A few hundred, nation wide?programmer craighttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17566950406349754166noreply@blogger.com