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To: Mohan Marette who wrote (9251)	11/1/1999 10:11:00 PM
From: Tom_	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 12475

JPR and Mohan: The even bigger issue: freedom, especially freedom of speech. No civilization is worth a damn without it. And any worthy culture can pass its testings, and become even stronger. JMHO.<g> Best wishes, Tom

To: Mohan Marette who wrote (9251)	11/2/1999 8:22:00 AM
From: JPR	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 12475

Cultural Domination I personally don't like this, I think the world will be a terrible place to live in if everybody prays the same, dresses alike, thinks alike, is named alike,speaks the same language, agrees with everyone else etc etc. It will certainly be a less colourful place and above all a DULL place. I also don't think any one religion has the monopoly over 'god' which a very abstract concept at best to begin with anyway. As you said, Cultural domination is the motive behind proselytization. Christianity as a tool for imposing foreign policy on the converted country is an idea I didn't think of. Sounds plausible. I agree with your analysis. The west has the technological domination and financial resources to carry out this conversion and impose their view of God, which to them is the one and only way to salvation. Having one and only religion in this world is like a having a botanical garden with only one kind of flower or only one kind of tree or only one kind of bush. There are other equally beautiful counterparts. People will get bored and start looking for something else.