Re: European Christians will rebel and...can you say "Third World War"?
Europe's Christians are not that hot-tempered... Keep in mind that Europe has become a post-religious civilization. Less and less people give a hoot about what the Church wants them to do. Christianity is merely an ethical backdrop, a frame of common values and festivities (Xmas, Easter, etc), nothing more.
As for the tension between Islam and Christianism, if it ever climaxes into violent conflicts then I'm afraid it'll remain a LOCAL crisis --as it already is in the Balkans...
Remember that the past two World Wars turned global because most of Africa and Asia were subservient European colonies. Nowadays, I don't think that China, or India, or South Africa, or Japan, or Brazil could be dragged into yet another European mess... Yet, the challenge for Neo-Fascist Europe will be to accomodate itself to Islam's encroachment on its post-Christian constituency. Historically, fascism has proved unable to cope with minorities, freedom of religion, etc. Hence the likely troubles ahead.
Gus. |
