"towelie" <bugoNOSPAM@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> Justin Case wrote:
>>>>> The tiling in medieval Islamic architecture turns out to embody a
>>>>> mathematical insight that Westerners thought they had discovered
>>>>> only 30 years ago.
>>>> Medieval Arabic (not Islamic) architecture was indeed great.
>>>> Unfortunately,
>>>> the rise of the Islamic religion is in direct pro****tion to the
>>>> decline of Arab culture and peoples. So much so that today, Arab
>>>> culture has advanced
>>>> little since the year 1000. The only Arab countries which have
>>>> advanced are
>>>> the ones embracing Western thought.
>>> No. The rise in Islamic fundamentalism, not the Islamic religion per
>>> se which progressed and coexisted with science and engineering until
>>> the fundamentalists gained control round about the time Europe was
>>> starting to emerge from the Christian dark ages.
>> Islamic fundamentalism? One cannot be a Muslim unless one adheres to
>> what we consider Muslim fundamentalism. The Islamic religion demands
>> adherence to both good and bad qualities of human conduct.
>
> So does the Christian religion. In some Christian denominations, one
> cannot be a member of that congregation unless one adheres to what we
> consider Christian fundamentalism. Some Islamic sects are far less
> fundamentalist than the extremists who give sup****t to terrorists. The
> way I interpreted his point was it wasn't the religion itself, but the
> extreme fanatical zealous adherence to some of its rules that created
the
> situation that has caused the Middle East to be centuries behind the
rest
> of the world in many aspects. And if the majority of Christians were as
> zealous as the Muslims, we'd have the same situation over here. Don't
> forget, the Christians used to be just as barbaric as the extremist
> Muslims are today. And don't forget what the Christians did to the
> Muslims. The Christians taught them everything they need to know about
> murdering nonbelievers.
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