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To: chessplayer

Islam will shed much blood in our lifetimes, and it is our lot that everyone alive today can look forward to having this war go on for our entire lives.

We could despair over that reality, but the truth is that most generations get some nasty burden. I'd rather live now than have to be the generation that dealt with the black plague, or example.

The good news that Islam will almost certainly decline in the coming centuries. In the long run, civilizations survive because they win the intellectual battle. Anyone can conquer and kill, but ultimately, people have to see a reason why they should work hard to maintain a civilization.

Islam is getting killed in the intellectual battle. The fact that they are making ludicrous claims like the founding of America shows just how much they are getting destroyed in the intellectual battle.

Even in the Islamic world, the most coherent thinkers are the ones criticizing the extreme forms of Islam. Islamic leaders can't defend Islamic societies except by saying "Allah wants us to do things this way."

Contrast that record with Judaism and Christianity. Many Jewish Christian thinkers have pointed out that even if one rejected God, the Judeo-Christian ideals lead to societies that allow people to be happy and fulfilled. Nobody is claiming that even if one rejects Allah, Islamic law is the ideal means for ensuring happiness and fulfillment.


30 posted on 12/01/2006 7:36:18 AM PST by Our man in washington
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To: Our man in washington
Islam will shed much blood in our lifetimes, and it is our lot that everyone alive today can look forward to having this war go on for our entire lives.

We could despair over that reality,...

Or we could learn how to fight, and give as much support as we can to those who fight for us.


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37 posted on 12/01/2006 7:45:08 AM PST by Mad Dawg (Now we are all Massoud)
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