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Originally Posted by nik-
To turn us all into better dressers.
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Well, we cant have that! I'll not stand for any such thing! Give me sandals or give me death!
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Originally Posted by photon
Both believe the agenda is acceptance, the problem is one sees this as a basic human right, the other sees this as the same thing that lead to God flooding the earth.
I don't believe religion is the only difference between the societies so I can't deduce that some intrinsic quality of Islam is the root cause of the differences of outcomes.
That Christianity has had its violent and reprehensible in modern view eras suggests to me that there's more to it than the name applied to the religion.
I magically transplanted you or I into those countries and we lived the same lives, we'd hold the same views and would have the same chance of falling to extremism.
And if the base religion was swapped out but the rest of the socioeconimic and geopolitical factors remained the same, I'm not convinced that the outcomes would be different. It's difficult (impossible?) to compare Islam and Christianity in the apples to apples comparison necessary to call one vastly more evil than another IMO.
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He hasnt flooded the Earth for a while, just small bits of it here and there, I think its a risk we can afford to take. Besides, we could all just buy boats. We dont suffer the same Socio-Economic deficits as Old Testament Judea.