[atlaw]

Carve it any way you want, Andrew. GGG’s statements still reek of Islamic apologetics to me, lifted almost verbatim from the words of an Islamic apologist. If you adopt another’s opinion as your own and reiterate it, “association” is a fair inference.

And the issue is, in fact, whether Islamic terrorism is the product of the supernatural irrationality that prevails in those contemporary societies that practice it or, as GGG asserts, the product of the western scientific rationalism that prevails in those contemporary societies that actually reject it.

And you still haven't addressed whether you agree with GGG's assertions.

[Gordon Greene]

“If you adopt another’s opinion as your own and reiterate it, “association” is a fair inference.”

“And you still haven’t addressed whether you agree with GGG’s assertions.”

DON’T DO IT, ANDY!!! IT’S A SETUP!!!

By your logic, outlaw... I’d be afraid to agree with you if you said the sky were blue for fear someone might think I was a radical, faith-based evolutionist.

[GodGunsGuts]

==And the issue is, in fact, whether Islamic terrorism is the product of the supernatural irrationality that prevails in those contemporary societies that practice it or, as GGG asserts, the product of the western scientific rationalism that prevails in those contemporary societies that actually reject it.

See reply #109 for a pretty fair assessment of where I stand re: the roots of Islamic Terrorism. I don’t agree with every word, but it is a good launching pad for a serious discussion of the same.

All the best—GGG

[AndrewC]

GGG’s statements still reek of Islamic apologetics to me, lifted almost verbatim from the words of an Islamic apologist.

So? Convince others that GGG lifted the words instead of being "convergent evolution". Darwinists should be adept at tap dancing around logic. In any case, it would still be red herring.

And the issue is, in fact, whether Islamic terrorism is the product of the supernatural irrationality that prevails in those contemporary societies that practice it or, as GGG asserts, the product of the western scientific rationalism that prevails in those contemporary societies that actually reject it.

No it isn't. You injected Islam into a thread about Texas education standards.

And you still haven't addressed whether you agree with GGG's assertions.

And I won't since your red herring has nothing to do with the subject of this thread. If you wish to start one on the principles of Islam, you are free to do so.