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Originally Posted by Traditional_Ale
Fair enough, but Christianity was at one point in those same socioeconomic conditions once as well in Europe (and was just as bad as Islam is now) but it managed to evolve itself into something that while far from perfect, is light-years better than where it was.
And it did it without things like electricity, automobiles, computers, tanks/planes etc etc etc to help it. Like I said, it was far from perfect, and before Christianity came to the place it is today (still far from perfect, mind you) it was responsible for generation upon generation of horrible genocides (like the Catholic Church with the Inquisition, for example) but the idea is that in 2009 we're not driven by fear and ignorance. We have access to infinite amounts of information. Balance between immediate reality and religion is paramount. Think Star Trek, for example.
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Agreed, I just don't really think there's anything special about Christianity, it just happened to be right place right time.. if you could replay history and switch Islam and Christianity, would the situations be totally reversed? I'd tend to think so.
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Originally Posted by Traditional_Ale
In light of this I have no problem with spending tax dollars to bring justice to the peoples who suffer under Extremist Islamic (or any other extremist religion's) rule on removing those currently and forever-more in-power through force if needed.
I find it ridiculous that these atrocities are allowed to continue when everyone in the world knows about it.
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Yup, crazy things go on in this world, hard to have a meal when you think that dozens of kids will die of starvation around the world during the meal.
