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Politics : Formerly About Applied Materials
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To: Sam Citron who wrote (52159)9/15/2001 11:17:46 AM
From: Zeev Hed  Read Replies (1) of 70976
 
I believe that all religions undergo metamorphosis in time and the holy scriptures, whether these are the bible, the Quran or the new testament are broad enough to provide for a "living" interpretation, not much different than the US constitution. In time, the youngest of the monotheistic religion will transform as well and provide for the "faithful" to acknowledge that they all pray to the same god (and some will say, no god), and forced conversion (or for that mater, seductive conversion) will no longer be an acceptable tenet of any religion. More importantly, however, the wide gap in standard of living between "consumer societies" and "subsitence societies" will have to be filled. That is a lengthy process, but it will eventually be completed. There is a temporal destabilizing factor due to the rapid development of communication and media means, making the economic gap so visible and thus instilling great resentment and envy which is exploited (as it has been times and again in human history) by extreme elements. This gap is by no means a justification for any act of violence, certainly not against the US that has been generous time and time again in efforts to bridge the economic gap.

Zeev
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