On Wed, 05 Jan 2005 07:58:49 -0500, Harry Krause
wrote:
Shortwave Sportfishing wrote:
Still waiting for proof of your other claim that 99% of Islam is harmless to
America.
I see you conveniently left that out of your reply.
I wouldn't say 99% - maybe 60% at the outside.
Well, hell's bells...I'd guess that no more than 40% of evangelical,
conservative Christians post a clear and present danger to America. And
they're already here.
However, it is a political/theological religion and not in the least
bit secular in either concept - the two concepts are intertwined. The
fundamentalist Imans hold sway over a large portion of their folk and
that is where the danger lies.
You could say the same thing about evangelical, conservative Christians.
True, but we're not talking about evangelical conservative Christians.
Face it - most of Islam is living in the 6th Century in terms of
political and religious concepts.
You could say the same thing about evangelical, Conservative Christians.
You are letting your talent for hyperbole over ride the common sense
you normally exhibit. :)
With the exception of some extreme survivalist sects, most evangelical
conservative Christians educate their children, don't treat their
women as chattel and generally function in our society as contributing
citizens. Last I heard, I don't think any conservative Christian blew
themselves up in a crowded restaurant protesting Clinton's Third Term
Abortion debacle.
I agree that in some fundamentalist Christian sects are extreme - I
can't deny that. However I think that in most "Christian" churches
you will find that not the case at all - it is a much more communal
setting for worship and fellowship. I must also protest at the
evangelical designation as being somehow "bad". There are evangelical
denominations (or subsets if you will) of main branch faiths that
liberal in terms of social philosophy.
The difference here is that we're talking the whole of one faith which
does not vary from country to country. What we are now facing is a
subset of Wahhabism which is gaining cultural footholds in most
countries with Islamic populations.
That's the 40% which is very dangerous.
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