DanielX
Junior Chimp
Posts: 5,126
Political Matrix
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« on: June 02, 2005, 08:53:43 AM » |
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The problem is: Christians had 500 years of Renaissance, Enlightenment, Industrial revolution, and other 'revolutions' to give it a shove in the 'let's all get along' direction. Jews didn't have such a revolution, but instead had 3,000 years as a minority religion to work the 'kill dem strange folk' urge. Islam never had that. They got left behind, socially and technologically, and are rather pissed about it. Dangerous combination.
Incidentally, a 'religion' can be defined very vaguely. Militant Atheism is in fact a form of religious faith (faith that there is no god); Communism especially is a religion (with saints like Marx, Lenin, and Mao, a written Manifesto, etc).
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