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Originally Posted by Thor
Harris is keen to go after all religions, but when he goes after Islam that is the only time he gets this kind of backlash, and its from the left.
Islam is older than Christianity? Correct me if I'm wrong but you have that backwards.
As for modernity and Islam, lets not forget that Islam was at one point a center of science, art, literature, it led the western world in many respects. But it went backwards and has sadly been co-opted by a movement that is at odds with the enlightenment values of the west.
Bernard Lewis' book is an excellent read, here's an article he wrote about this in 2002: http://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/...-wrong/302387/
Also here is Sam Harris responding again on the Last Word:
Also here is the PewPolls that a lot of people have been referring to when they suggest a lot of people support some very bad ideas in the Muslim world.
http://www.pewforum.org/2013/04/30/t...iety-overview/ |
You are right. Muhammed was around 560 CE. For some reason I thought it was BCE.