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To: Nadine Carroll who wrote (40390)	8/27/2002 6:50:22 PM
From: jcky	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 281500

What? Are we supposed to solve their conflicts for them? Do they come to Europe or North America and solve ours? Isn't this suggestion just a tad, you know, paternalistic? I'm not making a moral judgment here, Nadine. I don't expect Americans to solve all of the world's ills; but on the other hand, we should not be blamed for everything either. I am merely pointing to one possible explanation for the statistical skew against Muslims from the data you have presented.

To: Nadine Carroll who wrote (40390)	8/27/2002 7:40:55 PM
From: carranza2	Respond to of 281500

A few brilliant bits of wisdom from The Sage of Hannibal, Samuel Clemens: "Man is a Religious Animal. He is the only Religious Animal. He is the only animal that has the True Religion--several of them. He is the only animal that loves his neighbor as himself and cuts his throat if his theology isn't straight. He has made a graveyard of the globe in trying his honest best to smooth his brother's path to happiness and heaven....The higher animals have no religion. And we are told that they are going to be left out in the Hereafter. I wonder why? It seems questionable taste.:- "The Lowest Animal," 1897 Also: "So much blood has been shed by the Church because of an omission from the Gospel: "Ye shall be indifferent as to what your neighbor's religion is." Not merely tolerant of it, but indifferent to it. Divinity is claimed for many religions; but no religion is great enough or divine enough to add that new law to its code." - Mark Twain, a Biography