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On Wed, 14 Jan 2009 21:35:29 -0800, Stephen Trapani
wrote: Bruce In Bangkok wrote: On Wed, 14 Jan 2009 09:06:39 -0800, Stephen Trapani wrote: Bruce In Bangkok wrote: On Tue, 13 Jan 2009 23:11:25 -0800, Stephen Trapani wrote: Snipped... When we see Israel and the US setting up a secular/democratic society, were the vast majority of citizens subject their religious books to rational criticism and reject the parts that are racist or wrong in some way, we shouldn't condemn those societies because they still follow parts of those books, we should congratulate them for making progress out of the dark ages and do everything we can to help them flourish, especially when they are surrounded by extremists who want their own version of the dark ages to return. Stephen So, you are going to rewrite three holy books? I don't believe it's gonna work. First of all there are at least two versions of the Christian's holy book and one of them used by a bunch that argues they were appointed by the founder of the religion and another gang that insists that the first lot is corrupt. The Moslems believe that their book is the actual word of God. Dictated by him/her/it directly to Muhammad. The Jews believe that certain parts of their book is, again, the direct word of God, handed down on tablets of stone. I'm interested, who are you going to get to manage this project? No need to rewrite. Just do what all denominations do: Offensive passages are thought of as metaphorical or not actual commandments for our time (only relevant to the times they were written in). Using this method you can make the actual words say almost anything you want them to say. Stephen Won't work. Absolutely for the Moslems who believe that, as I said, the Koran is the actual word of God. The Jews have centuries of study of The Law and probably won't accept an outsider interfering with Their Law. You don't get it. There already are numerous Moslem and Jewish denominations who already do it. The "extremists" take the violent and aggressive parts seriously, the rest don't, etc. I'm not sure what you don't understand. Israel itself is not based on the Talmud. They specifically put rationality above the Talmud. True - the "Modern Jews" and the Orthodox. the problem is the Orthodox guys are the noisy ones who don't want their interpretation of the Law changed. The Christians? Well, maybe start a new sect? The Christians have no monopoly on sects. The Shia and Sunnis are both Muslims and kill each other over their differences about what the Koran says. Moderate Muslims also live in free societies without clashing with the laws like extremists do. I'm not sure what you're not getting here. True, but they are all Moslems when it comes time to dealing with the Infidel. The Shia and Sunnis are divided by who legally inherited Muhammad's authority not by interpretations of the Koran. Cultural differences also interact here as the main Sunni grouping is Saudi Arabian while the Shias are stronger in the old Persian areas. Iraq is, of course a mixture with the resulting havoc. and of course there are a number of sub groupings like Wahabis, et al. But he fact remains that they all believe the Book. As far as Moslems living among the infidel without clashing with the law see the recent Dutch legislation emphasizing that Moslems must obey Dutch laws; the Moslem youth burning cars in France; the Moslem youths bombing subways in England. I suggest that it isn't a marriage made in Heaven. Stephen Cheers, Bruce (bruceinbangkokatgmaildotcom) |
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