[Buzzcook]

"I feel a discussion of Iraq would probably be useless and unwarranted, as would a discussion of Islaam. Needless to say, I agree with Dinesh D'Souza's view on the radically Islaamic countries - they will never be satisfied until the whole world is either Muslim or dead. Fortunatley, most American Muslims act as if their religion has undergone a reformation, and don't interpret the Koran literally."

I feel a discussion of Iraq would probably be useless and unwarranted, as would a discussion of Christianity. Needless to say, I agree with Tom Paine's view on the radically Christianity countries - they will never be satisfied until the whole world is either Christian or dead. Fortunatley, most Non-Fundimentalist Christians act as if their religion has undergone a reformation, and don't interpret the Bible literally.

Blanket statements don't care who you cover the blanket with;-)

Buzz

[LanPB01]

That's fine, except for the fact that the radical Islaamic countries don't have the separation of church and state we enjoy here. Their whole system intertwines, so instead of a few individual kooks trying to convert everyone, their leaders (who are also religious kooks) are telling everyone to convert or die. That's not happening in predominantly Christian countries. Certainly, it happened in the past, but Christianity apparently evolved beyond that. Not so with the Muslims.

That's why you find that, in all the current "hot" or troubled spots in the world, Muslim nations are involved in between 15 to 18 of the conflicts, depending on which source you check.