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To: carranza2 who wrote (100906)	6/9/2003 9:03:35 PM
From: LindyBill	Respond to of 281500

The Roman Catholic Church, for example, was guilty of any number of horrible sins during the Middle Ages and the Reconquest. It has evolved into something much less violent. Why shouldn't Islam? One basic tenet of the Catholic Church is that you believe what the Church tells you, not your version of what is in the Bible. Makes it easier to control the people. People with a Christian BG have difficulty understanding just how violent the Koran is.

To: carranza2 who wrote (100906)	6/9/2003 10:01:41 PM
From: Ilaine	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 281500

>> Why shouldn't Islam?<< May I respectfully, and humbly, suggest that the above question isn't suitable for debate, but is more suitable for study outside the hurly-burly of public debate. I have done a tiny bit of my own study, and have my own opinions, which includes the belief that Islam cannot evolve into a more tolerant faith for the exact same reasons that tolerance is truer to real Christianity than intolerance. I know we've had this, and similar discussions, many times, without seeming to make any progress. I keep hoping that you'll actually take the time to sit down and read up on the topic.

To: carranza2 who wrote (100906)	6/9/2003 10:26:51 PM
From: Nadine Carroll	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 281500

The Roman Catholic Church, for example, was guilty of any number of horrible sins during the Middle Ages and the Reconquest. It has evolved into something much less violent. Why shouldn't Islam? One can hope. But Islam seems short of established methods of doctrinal reinterpretation, which are necessary to reforms. It's much harder if a whole body of scholars, without any commonly recognized authorities, have to reach the conclusion, 'we don't interpret it like that anymore'.