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Politics : America Under Siege: The End of Innocence
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To: zonder who wrote (19778)11/12/2002 6:36:42 AM
From: Richnorth  Read Replies (1) of 27666
 
In Christian Europe during the Renaissance, a Reformation was led by Martin Luther. There was bloodshed and tears for a hundred years or so. After that, the various Christian factions have been at peace with one another!

I am tempted to say that Islam needs a major reformation like the one Christians experienced in Europe in the 1500s and 1600s. But then I realize Islam already has several sects, the Sunnis which constitute the majority, the Shi'ites and the extremist Wahhabis and several smaller groups like the Sufis etc.

It seems to me the moderate Muslims will have to, somehow and sooner rather than later, overcome the extremists among them. To be sure, this is no easy task. For this they will have to have some charismatic leaders.

To me, all forms of organized religion are suspect in that they seek to control the minds of the faithful.

In ancient Egypt, the priesthood was revered as demi-gods because they could predict the exact times of the flooding of the Nile and cause temple gates to open, seemingly of their own accord. Their ability to do all this was due to nothing more than their knowledge of some scientific principles (the rise and fall of the Dog-Star Sirius and expansion due to heat by fire) they jealously guarded from the uninitiated.

In early times, Catholicism instilled a lot of fear in its adherents by the threat of excommunication and eternal damnation by hell-fire. Today, a lot of Christians look at Heaven and Hell as states of mind rather than as specific places.

Unless Islam undergoes radical changes for the better, I suppose it will ever remain a plague (and scourge???) on mankind????
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