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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