07-16-2007, 03:35 AM | #31 |
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Sooner - you haven't been around enough to know that Seattle sees all religion - be it Christian, Islam, Judaism etc. - are all the same:
Backward and a waste of time.
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The moderateness of religion in America that you reference is due to America's secular values rooted in the Constitution, not because American religions are inherently morally superior to Islam. If you could magically separate religion from America's secular culture which, as I suggested, is rooted in Classical culture and more immediately in the Constitution, not any religion, I submit you would not see a decline in America's standing as a world power or morality in America. America today represents in large measure a triumph over religion, and America's secular culture is what makes much of religion moderate in America. Absent that no American religion would support support basic civil liberties such as freedom of speech or even property interests any more than they have historically, and America would be as backward as any society in history that has been a true theocracy, whether it is Christian or Islamic. I agree with your basic cricticisms of Islam in this age, but to suggest that America's virtues and prosperity compared to the Middle East's problems exist because our religious heritage is superior to Islam in any way is ahistorical and narrow minded.
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i read your post ,twic ,but i couldnot find any single point worthy replying ,so i would rather welcome you as a new member and be the first one who wishes you "happy marriage" ps:i didnot have my caps lock jammed ,i just pasted his.
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it happens when people are in a big hurry to express thier hatred while at the same time they throw out the word "love" here and there just for fun!
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Do you realize how terribly ironic it is for you to take shots at a religion by pointing out the delusions of a young boy who claimed to see visions?
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On top of that, Muhammad was 40 years old when Gabriel visited him and told him all the Christian religions were corruptions of the original true gospel. Hardly a boy, especially in those days.
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