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To: RMF who wrote (47837)	7/7/2013 1:54:13 AM
From: i-node	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 85487

In the U.S. because of the Constitution no one can make Christianity or any other religion the law of the land. If Alabama or Mississippi could make their OWN laws they'd probably make Christianity the OFFICIAL religion and they'd outlaw most of the others. So religious bias is not confined to the Middle East. Religious intolerance is, empirically, heavily correlated with economic growth. Regions where economic growth is strong tend to be less intolerant; regions where the economy is bad tend to be more intolerant; and there are good reasons why this is the case. It has been this way for centuries. In that sense, AL & MS might well be more inclined toward religious intolerance than, e.g., New York or California. That could, however, change, if NY and California find themselves in extended periods of debt-induced economic decline. Historically, that has been the case. If you have freedom and democratically-induced growth in the Middle East, you are apt to see less religious intolerance over time. It is the fundamental reason the Bush Freedom Agenda was totally the right approach to dealing with issues in the Middle East and other economically depressed parts of the world.

To: RMF who wrote (47837)	7/7/2013 1:57:10 PM
From: koan	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 85487

I agree, but our founding fathers sort of raised our country, hands on, for many decades. Why ours worked and most in South America didn't, IMO. Everything in the middleast is so liquid when it jells it will be along new tribal lines I think. Probably with new country boundaries. The military in Egypt it looks like is going with the secular kids. Maybe the reason is because they have 10/20% of the business action and feel they will do much better in an open stable society. Morsi was turning Egypt into a theocratic dictatorship and going backwards.