muhamadnur:
Morgan Freeman disappointed
some fans during Sunday’s
episode of National
Geographic’s “The Story of God” when he downplayed
Islamic terrorism, saying
Islam aims for peace.
News reports of Islamic
extremism by “a tiny
percentage of Muslims” do not reflect the mindset of the
majority of Muslims, Freeman
said.
“Meeting Muslims face to face,
I've learned that Islam aims
for people to live in peace,” Freeman remarked. “But
watching the news today,
you'd be forgiven for not
knowing that. A tiny
percentage of Muslims are
waging war against the West.”
The apocalypse was the theme
of the second episode of the
National Geographic Channel’s
new docu-series hosted by
Freeman. The actor set out to “find out
why so many religions predict
an apocalypse.” Why do
religions predict an end of
days or judgment day? Is it all
in our minds? Freeman tackled these and other questions
from an atheist point of view
on his journey.
“Isis and other religious
extremist groups believe the
apocalypse has already begun.”
Freeman interviewed Maajid
Nawaz, who was radicalized
as teenager living in the UK
and joined Hizb ut-Tahrir,
precursor to Al Qaeda. “What I mean by Islamism is
the desire to impose any
version of Islam over
society,” said Nawaz. “And
that ideology was sold to me
as if it was the religion of Islam and that's what I
adopted. I grew up facing a
very, very severe form of
violent racism, domestically
within the UK.”
The actor also stated that the Jewish, Christian, and Muslim
religions pay homage to the
same God. While there is some
historical evidence for this
conclusion, the religions are
very different and should not be grouped together.
“Islam is an Arabic word that
means surrender. Submission
to God's will. The same god
the Jews and Christians
worship,” said the star. He visited the caves where the
Dead Sea Scrolls were
discovered. Kim Haines-Eitzen,
expert in early Christianity
related to him her argument
that Roman Emperor Nero was the antichrist.
“The Christians hated Nero. He
was the antichrist,” Freeman
narrated later.
As in the first episode of “The
Story of God,” Freeman shifts his attention midway to
science.
“Culturally, we seem to have
a morbid attraction to the
apocalypse,” he begins.
He interviewed Stewart Shankmans, psychology
professor at the University of
Illinois at Chicago, who studies
our subconscious belief in the
apocalypse and believes it
may be hard-wired into our brains.
In a lab test of human
subjects’ responses to small
shocks Shankmans concluded
that, “knowing when the bad
thing is going to come creates a qualitatively different
emotional experience than not
knowing.”
Therefore, we try to predict
doom in order to allow
ourselves some solace. Freeman examined Hinduism
and Buddhism, which believe
the world goes on in cycles
with no final apocalypse. He
also talked to Hurricane
Katrina survivors, who said their experience felt
apocalyptic.
Contradicting traditional
views of what apocalypse
stands for, Freeman tells his
viewers that apocalypse, a Greek word meaning lifting
the veil is about
enlightenment not war and
death.
“It's a state of mind and heart
that helps us see the truth. Not some far off day of
judgment. It's here, it's now,”
he concludes.

Demmzy15:
Islam would surely triumph, Allaah u Akbar!

malvisguy212:
As for now, the war goes on, NO PEACE until islam triumph. And by the way, who is islam fighting with ?

jcross19:
morgan freeman should be tested for insanity first!!!!!!!!. Maybe he knows better than allah that revealed more than 109 verses that instigate violence in that book of terrorism.

annunaki2:
The concept of islam being a peaceful religion is a myth that has been sold to the west by muslim apologists and of course people like Morgan freeman will choose to be politically correct and promote this myth. True muslims will arrogantly tell you that islam is not of Peace but it is for domination by all means necessary. Make no mistake about it, islam is an extremely very violent and dangerous religion.

muhamadnur:
calm down, thats wat he said , it seems you are influenced by the media, you have to meet a muslim-face-to-face b4 u judge, what abt us the cvjtf in borno that are fighting boko haram are we not muslim?

muhamadnur:
all the nearly 2billion ppl, are of no peace then whats stopping world war three, those extremest are not real muslims.

muhamadnur:
all the nearly 2billion ppl, are of no peace then whats stopping world war three, those extremest are not real muslims.

proudkafir:
Muslims always threatening world war 3, are they going to fight with horses and camel, just as their criminal prophet did. Muslims will be evaporated by infidels if they mess up again like their criminal prophet did.

Muslims should restrict their lunacy and threat to saudi Arabia, Iran and Afghanistan. The time when Islamic armies run the show had expired, we kafir run the world now, Muslim countries inclusive.

muhamadnur:
all the nearly 2billion ppl, are of no peace then whats stopping world war three, those extremest are not real muslims.

muhamadnur:
look now thats the reason why i hate nairaland, and you have it is unacceptable to say ill agaisnt our dear prophet so watch your mouth. Yes if all muslims are terrorist then even in nigeria i think non-believers will be wiped out bcoz muslims in nigeria are 50 to 60 % and there are richer muslim nation that can afford to go to war just recently like iran trying to get a nuclear, pakistan is a nuclear super power, turkey,saudiarabia, etc pls use your mind. 2 billion.

analice107:

That's what Islam is looking for, WW3.
Can you actually fight and win that war if the world actually rises to the occasion? Let me see you try.

analice107:

Like the ones we have met here on nairaland?

Demmzy15:
No you're wrong, you're all fighting Islam. Misguided christians, Zionists, terrorists(ISIS, Boko-are-rams, etc), etc. Nevertheless, Islam would emerge victorious.

annunaki2:


What exactly is good about your 'dear' prophet He started and he is the inspiration behind all these terrorism. You guys should be cursing him for bringing misery to the world and not patronising him.

muhamadnur:
look now thats the reason why i hate nairaland, and you have it is unacceptable to say ill agaisnt our dear prophet so watch your mouth. Yes if all muslims are terrorist then even in nigeria i think non-believers will be wiped out bcoz muslims in nigeria are 50 to 60 % and there are richer muslim nation that can afford to go to war just recently like iran trying to get a nuclear, pakistan is a nuclear super power, turkey,saudiarabia, etc pls use your mind. 2 billion.

annunaki2:


Saying the extremist are not real muslims is like saying Mohamed was not a real muslim because it is those extremists that are truly following his footsteps.

proudkafir:
I won't call you an Arab slave kissing the ass of their criminal and pedofile prophet Mohammed (hiss be upon him).

You need not hate Nairaland, you better quit if you can't bear the heat. Pakistan military that Nigerian soldiers will beat easily are your super power because of their unusable and suicidal Chinese assisted nuclear bomb. You are a joker bro. The same Pakistan that the US drone is patrolling on a daily basis, even striking Muslim terrorist on their soil?

Go and start Reading.

muhamadnur:
i repeat you can,t abuse our prophet, "dont judge if you dont know me" now are you not provoking me to take a fight with you, stop it, muhammad (may peace and blessing of allah be upon him and his entire house hold) is the greatest human ever .

muhamadnur:
yes they are not real muslims and are not following in the foot of our dear prophet.

annunaki2:


By the bolded, you are not only insulting me but you are insulting the whole human race by describing a vermin who was a murderer, rapist, armed robber, paedophile, liar, adulterer, slave trader and genocidal maniac as the greatest human ever. I find your statement extremely very offensive and a big insult to the whole human race.

muhamadnur:
take it or live it, hater,s keep hating islam always grows, i hope one day god brings you out of the darkness, salam. But stop sayin ill of our dear prophet.

annunaki2:


But you know it's because of your so called 'dear' prophet that boko haram is making your life miserable in borno?