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Originally Posted by KevinTheOmnivore
By contrast, if a state building in Texas wants to display the 10 Commandments, we have a huuuge debate over the matter, one which roles all the way up to the highest court in the land. THIs, to me, is also why your relativity argument doesn't fly.
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But I'm not arguing that Islamic theocracies aren't 5 centuries behind the Western ones in terms of development. There were times when a man could be locked up or killed for heresey in European Christian societies. And they called those times the Dark Ages with good reason. Islamic culture could certainly stand to have it's own Renessaince.
My argument is that mainstream Islam is not concerned with the violent conversion of nonbelievers to Islam.
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No, you misunderstand. I LOVE the idea of qualifying what you post on the board, ESPECIALLY if we disagree with you....! That way, when you talk about religion and Christianity, I can ask that you provide your own stance on the matter, thus disqualifying EVERYTHING that you may say on the matter....! FANTASTIC!
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Uh right. I just didn't want to ASSUME that he was a Christian just because he seems to have something against Muslims. It wasn't so I could disqualify everything he had to say. I just like context. If you'll scroll up, you'll see where I said I felt context is important.
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