"Justin Case" <Thinhthi@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> "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.
> Chrisitans went through a troubled period however it was not because of
> the dictates of religion but rather the corruption of some religious
> leaders playing upon the igmorance of the m***** . Now, Islam is
entirely
> different as the it demands muslims rule above infidels (reqiured to pay
a
> special tax) or kill them. If a Muslim fails to follow the dictates of
> the Quran and Hadiths then they are considered no better than an
infidel.
Are you *certain* that Judaism and Christianity do not contain similar
teachings
in their religious texts, but which most Jews and Christians today do
*not*
practice.
> By "what the christians did to the Muslims", are you referring to the
> Crusades? I believe the Crusades was a reaction to the Muslim invasion
of
> European countries. And the conduct of Crusaders was bad but it was
> hardly out of the norm for that period.
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