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Originally Posted by Armistead
Well, the purest forms of Islams are those branches through the ME. Unlike other religions, it continues to be a religion of brutality and war. The people that live through the ME for the most part still live like they did 1000 years ago. Islam hasn't reformed of come out of the dark ages.
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Most of what goes on in the ME and Africa, parts of it, is nothing more than a turf war between rival groups of thugs and gangsters. The rule of the gun. The religious part is secondary and yes it has been going on for 1000 of years. Much of it takes place in countries that are not democracies and that are socially unstable. Some of that instability has been caused by Western intervention.
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Moderates basically live in democratic modern nations, somewhat reformed. Yea, still bigots and racist....but we call them moderates....much like our Christian moderates...
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Really? Are you saying that all non radical Muslims are bigots? Are you saying that all moderate Christians are bigots? I must have read that wrong.
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I guess the world still needs religion I guess, but be nice when we evolve from the big 3 into beliefs more spiritual and peaceful than those that claim divine authority. It really doesn't matter what you believe if your books teach your God will destroy and cast all those that don't agree with him and you into eternal torture.
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I know that you know that not every person who has a religious belief thinks that way.
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It seems religious people know no ends to hurting people, I guess if their God can torture people for all eternity simply for being born failed humans.....why not them.
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Are people without religious beliefs capable of the same things?