> I agree with her that Islam is still in a very primitive state, and > hasn't had the time to evolve the way Christianity or even Hinduism > has evolved. All these religions have their fanatical roots, and their > horrific histories attached to them.
You bring this up all the time, I'd like to point out the distinct difference. Christianity's brutality is history, Islam's brutality is current events. Christianity has gone from a Jewish cult through persecution and martyrdom into and out of brutality and now stands as a peaceful religion with a few fringe elements that are militant. The Irish aside, Christians do not threaten "convert or die" any more, and have not for centuries. Hinduism, I don't know the history of so I won't state. Islam has two major elements - those who say that it's a "religion of peace" based on the Koran and those who state that, "all must convert or die" based on the Koran. In Christianity, fringe groups that take a militant stance receive constant direct dismissal or correction from the "mainstream." Moderate Muslims will not do the same... for fear of attack. > However in a world where we have nuclear weapons, biological agents, > terror attacks etc. how do we reconcile allowing worship, and allowing > the religion to grow and evolve while still maintaining the laws and > order of our societies that we've all fought hard for? Find a way to remove the violence. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;192386516;25150098;k Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:257706 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
