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To: muawiyah

Yours is about the most incredibly stupid thing I've read in a while.

Where to start destroying everything you have written...? You seem to be firmly stuck in Gibbons' eccentric and now mostly debunked mire.


14 posted on 08/16/2006 12:03:19 PM PDT by eleni121 (General Draza Mihailovich: We will never forget you - the hero of World War Two)
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To: eleni121
Sorry, you'd find that Gibbons and I don't really agree on much at all.

However, Islam grew up in the shadow of Byzantine style facism. In fact, the early Moslem leaders hired entire Byzantine armies to conquer North Africa. Converted them too!

The connections are so tight between the authoritarian practices of Byantium that forward looking Moslems actually ask how it was that Islam picked up such things from a Christian state.

Only question left is about your intent in your statement ~ are you going to defend Islam or fascism?

15 posted on 08/16/2006 12:07:46 PM PDT by muawiyah
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To: eleni121
You were referring, of course, to Cardinal Gibbons, right?

First problem I have with him is that he's a Cardinal.

On the other hand, the RC hierarchy, in general, is not fascistic. The leadership principal is clearly subordinate in the scheme of governance to the law, and the leader is selected by the Cardinals.

It's almost democratic.

17 posted on 08/16/2006 12:10:19 PM PDT by muawiyah
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