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To: 1010RD

I agree with you on the fact that we are on the 21th century !
Great news .

I think that you have a liberal, ie wrong , understanding of the problem and a wrong understanding of what is culture .
Modernity is not a synonym of goodness and truth and progress in every fields of human activities . Or you missed some part of history or you have a fantasmatic rosy vision of modernity which is a kind of (fake)religion.
J.Christ lived 2000 years ago and Aristotles 2350 years ago... It’s absolutly not a question of age and time.
Islam is wrong and bad and always will be but we can influence some muslim people by culture ie science, philosophy,art and christian teachings.

Culture need individual learning and hard and patient work.
Internet is only a tool ! Depends on how and what for one is using it


160 posted on 03/11/2012 4:29:35 PM PDT by Ulysse
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To: Ulysse

I don’t think that modernity is goodness, but it is occurring. Islam is quite akin to conservative Christianity in its everyday values. Religiously minded students indicate that Muslim students have very high moral standards and that is an admirable trait.

I believe radical Islam is losing and will lose. If we can stop them from getting WMD we’ll win no matter what. People like air conditioning, cable and food.

The biggest danger we face is losing our next generation: http://www.pewglobal.org/2011/11/17/the-american-western-european-values-gap/

Take a look toward the bottom on cultural superiority. We’re becoming more like Europe thanks to liberals and government schooling. The breakout just gets worse as you get younger. I’d like to see the crosstabs going back several decades, but if Americans don’t think we’re exceptional then we may lose v. radical Islam.

If you’re going to share “culture” you best start at home. Our kids don’t think America is exceptional. That’s dangerous.


164 posted on 03/11/2012 4:54:55 PM PDT by 1010RD (First, Do No Harm)
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