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Which kinda brings it all down to the same old question of _POWER_, doesn't it? When a religion has no power, it tends to be meek and mild, and to attract only the most dedicated. When it gains power, it tends to attract the power-hungry. When it has absolute power - well, I read a fictionalized biography of Martin Luther once that had a joke about a German Jew who visited Rome. After he returned, he converted to Christianity immediately. When asked by the priest why, he said, "Well, I saw how corrupt the whole thing was, and thought, if such an organization can survive such corruption, God must be somwhere behind it." I'm reminded of another quotation I can't ascribe to anyone, that one can only choose between power or love. (Love being the blanket cover word for making other people important in one's life, being part of a community; power is of course the opposite, making them unimportant and oneself uniquely important.) Of course, love is useless without having some power to implement it; but only that amount that is necessary. (And good grief, I'm starting to sound like a mystic! Ouch! I'd sooner sound like one of Clive Barker's mystifs - they have more fun! "Imajica" ;) Shalom/Salaam Wesley Parish Quoting donnella whitacre <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||| > ANNOUNCEMENT S and ARTICLES: http://pnews.org/art/art.shtml > |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||| > > i am so aware of the wonderful job chrisitanity did there, but that is > over , the point is islam is not changeing. i mean that sarcastically as > they suppressed and butchered for centuries. > if this was in the past(islamic conquest), but it isn't. to bad there > was no one to speak out against this when it was happening. > you know the aztecs understood christianity after all they sacrificed > also. it started out on a volenter basis and becames something else. > my point it not that islam is evil but it isn't changing. it needs to > move ahead and it isnt'. i have quoted progressive islamics. so all the > hysteria is unwarrented. even they speak of the need to become more > moderate. > > > Anthony Currie <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: "Sharpened hands are happy hands. "Brim the tinfall with mirthful bands" - A Deepness in the Sky, Vernor Vinge "I me. Shape middled me. I would come out into hot!" I from the spicy that day was overcasked mockingly - it's a symbol of the other horizon. - emacs : meta x dissociated-press --- / o o \ ===OO=====OO================================================= http://pnews.org/vortal/ New World disOrder and Myth Busters http://g0lem.net/vortal/ Insane Planet and Wacko World http://g0lem.net/portal/ Bad-Ass Truth and TheGolemsPortal http://pnews.org/portal/ Naked Truth and PNEWS Portal http://g0lem.net/PhpWiki/ (Wiki) http://pnews.org/ (Home) -DON'T FEED THE TROLLS- ============================================================= \_/ \_/
