-Caveat Lector- silly man both islam and christianity are jewish heresies -- -- -- -- - -- - -- -- - - - ----- -- --- -- - - - ---- - -- - - - -- ---- -- - -- - The police aren't here to create disorder, they are here to preserve disorder.
Mayor Richard Daley NEURONAUTIC INSTITUTE on-line: http://home.earthlink.net/~thew > From: Euphorian <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Reply-To: Conspiracy Theory Research List <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: Fri, 9 Nov 2001 01:15:52 -0600 > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: [CTRL] Belloc�s Prophecy > > -Caveat Lector- > > http://www.lewrockwell.com/sobran/sobran210.html > > Belloc�s Prophecy > by > Joseph Sobran > Back > in the 1930s, when white men were preparing for another round of > mutual slaughter, few of them paid any attention to the Muslim > world. > They assumed it to be a backward region that history had long since > > passed by. > One > man saw it differently. The great Catholic polemicist Hilaire > Belloc, > an Englishman of French ancestry, remembered Islam�s past and > predicted, > in his book The > Great Heresies, that it would one day challenge the West > again. As late as 1683 its armies had threatened to conquer Europe, > > penetrating all the way to Vienna; > Belloc > believed that a great Islamic revival, even in the twentieth > century, > was altogether possible. > Belloc > saw Islam not as an alien religion, but in its origins as a > Christian heresy, adopting and adapting certain Christian doctrines > (monotheism, the immortality of the soul, final judgment) and > rejecting others > (original sin, the Incarnation and divinity of Christ, the > sacraments). > Its simple, rational creed had a powerful appeal to Arabs who had > known only the arbitrary gods of grim pagan religions. It swept > the Arab world, then made converts � and conquests � far beyond > Arabia. > > Islam > was a militant religion from the start. Mohammed himself conquered > the entire Arabian Peninsula in just a few years. The new faith > was torn by violent internal divisions even as it continued to > spread. > But spread it did, with incredible rapidity. > Christians > had good reason to fear Islam, which soon conquered Spain and held > it for centuries. But because Islam has little attraction for > Christians, > the West has generally failed to grasp its appeal for others, its > profound and permanent hold on the minds of believers. Unlike the > Christian West, the Muslim world has never had crises of faith like > the Reformation and the Enlightenment. > Islam > is a simple religion, easily understood by ordinary people. Its > commandments are rigorous but few. When it conquered, its subjugated > people often felt more liberated than enslaved, because it often > replaced burdensome old bureaucratic governments with relatively > undemanding regimes � and low taxes. As long as its authority was > respected, Islamic rule was comparatively libertarian. It offered > millions relief from their traditional oppression; for example, > no Muslim could be a slave. > Belloc > distinguishes sharply between Islam and such barbarous conquerors > as the Mongol hordes of Genghis Khan. The Mongols were purely > destructive; > they were known for slaughtering whole cities and making huge > pyramids > of severed heads. > Such > savagery was alien to the Muslims. Where they conquered, daily life > > usually went on much as before and culture thrived. In many > respects > the Muslim world was far more civilized than Christian Europe for > centuries. The West hated and dreaded Islam, but nobody would have > thought of calling it backward. > That > contemptuous image came much later, when modern Europe�s science, > technology, and � above all � weaponry had eclipsed those of the > Arabs. > We are apt to forget how recently this development occurred; and, > as Belloc warned, it is not irreversible. > Man, > especially irreligious man, is apt to equate power and progress. > Many of those who say America is "the greatest country on earth" > really mean only that America has fantastic military might, capable > of annihilating any other country � and some of them, at the > moment, > are in the mood to do some annihilating. To the pious Muslim this > attitude seems crass and barbaric. He may conclude from it that > the decadent West understands only one thing: force. > And > would he be far wrong? Belloc admitted that the idea of a new > Muslim > challenge to the West seemed "fantastic," but only because > the West was "blinded" by "the immediate past." > Taking a longer view, he saw Islam, though inferior in material > power, as having a great advantage: its religious faith was still > strong, while the West was losing its religion and consequently > its morale. He thought it entirely possible that Islam would catch > up technologically, while he doubted that the West would undergo > a spiritual revival. > Are > we seeing the beginning of the fulfillment of Belloc�s prophecy? > If so, the current uproar over Islamic terrorism may turn out to > be a mere superficial symptom of a much larger historical drama. > The West is still strong, but it is dying. Islam is still weak, > but it is growing. Never mind the terrorists; check the birthrates. > > > November > 9, 2001 > Joe > Sobran is a nationally syndicated columnist. He also writes > "Washington > Watch" for The Wanderer, a weekly Catholic newspaper, and edits > SOBRAN'S, > a monthly newsletter of his essays and columns. > I > invite you to try my new collection of aphorisms, "Anything Called > a 'Program' Is Unconstitutional: Confessions of a Reactionary > Utopian." You can get a free copy by subscribing or renewing your > subscription to Sobran's. Just call 800-513-5053, or see my > Website, > www.sobran.com. (I'm still available for speaking engagements too.) > Copyright > (c) 2001 by Griffin Internet > Syndicate. All rights reserved. > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > Forwarded as information only; no endorsement to be presumed > + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + > In accordance with Title 17 U.S.C. section 107, this material > is distributed without charge or profit to those who have > expressed a prior interest in receiving this type of information > for non-profit research and educational purposes only. > + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + > The only real voyage of discovery consists not in seeking > new landscapes but in having new eyes. -Marcel Proust > + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + > "Do not believe in anything simply because you have heard it. Do not believe > simply because it has been handed down for many generations. Do not > believe in anything simply because it is spoken and rumored by many. Do > not believe in anything simply because it is written in Holy Scriptures. Do > not > believe in anything merely on the authority of Teachers, elders or wise men. > Believe only after careful observation and analysis, when you find that it > agrees with reason and is conducive to the good and benefit of one and all. > Then accept it and live up to it." > The Buddha on Belief, from the Kalama Sutta > + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + > A merely fallen enemy may rise again, but the reconciled > one is truly vanquished. -Johann Christoph Schiller, > German Writer (1759-1805) > + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + > It is preoccupation with possessions, more than anything else, that > prevents us from living freely and nobly. -Bertrand Russell > + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + > "Everyone has the right...to seek, receive and impart > information and ideas through any media and regardless > of frontiers." > Universal Declaration of Human Rights > + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + > "Always do sober what you said you'd do drunk. 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