Posted on 09/11/2007 4:07:00 AM PDT by Kaslin
I think that the rest of the World (outside of Islam) has passed through this phase. There have been times in history when some Islamic countries showed signs of this, as in Spain during the middle ages. When you speak of “Islam” think about people speaking of an entire faith in general. Christianity in general, encompasses many branches of the faith from Roman Catholicism, to the mainstream Protestant faiths, Orthodoxy, Mormons, and many others. Some Christians believe that the Bible states the exact meaning of creation, and that the everything was created in less than a week, others believe that could mean millions or billions of years. The Old Testament refers to Polygamy, which was practiced centuries ago, but now it is extremely rare.
PING to George Will.
Personally, I hope we win. If the government then falls apart after we leave, then there may really be no hope for them.
That’s interesting. I appreciate your perspective from having actually lived over there. So it’s partly a modern state with a lot of historical forces pulling hard at it. I guess we were fortunate to have been a refuge in large part from other nation’s similar perils.
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