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To: Maurice Winn who wrote (171517)	10/1/2005 7:40:47 PM
From: neolib	Respond to of 281500

Christian philosophy doesn't include world domination, though they do have that rapture nonsense. Even that is a voluntary effort, with dinkum Christians being saved during the rapture. They don't go around enslaving or harassing non-believers, or decapitating them. If you added the caveat "they don't currently by and large" I'd agree with you. Judaism, Christianity, and Islam are all ancient religions. In the past, their various practitioners have showcased widely varying viewpoints of what those religions are. Both ancient and modern Judaism for example advocates occupying land, even if others lived there. Christianity, as you are well aware, has been pretty bloodthirsty at times during the last 2K years. In the 1700 & 1800's both Islam & Christian were rather into enslaving and harassing non-believers, especially melanin rich ones IIRC. In fact, they had mutual beneficial trade along those lines. Times change. The question is whether Islam as a whole can succeed in become modern. Its tough for many Christians, as certain current events in Dover, PA makes abundantly clear.