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Originally Posted by Golfingnut
When we all understand that what we see wrong with them is the differences we can start a dialogue. As long Christians and Muslims focus on our differences instead of what we can agree on, it will never end. We will say how do Muslim women tolerate their treatment and they say it is Gods will. You must be able to see why a devout Muslim looks at the way Christian woman dress and be totally freaked out. Their beliefs go back thousands of years before Christianity was brought into the world. |
Actually it will end ... because the stronger and more motivated side will win and the other one will lose. That is pretty much the history of civilizations, ...growth, maturation and decline ...to be replaced by a more expansive civilization. Whether that's fair or unfair you can argue, but it just seems to be the way the world is.
Also, when you say Muslim beliefs go back "thousands of years before Christianity was brought into the world" ... that's not correct (assuming that's what you meant).
Islam is really an offshoot of Christianity and got its start roughly 600 years after Christ's time on earth. Islam's explosive success in the 7th and 8th centuries AD was brought about by military expansion and a successful warrior culture. That's really where the 72 virgins thing got its start as well and whoever came up with it was a genius. If you were uneducated and lived a miserable life in the Arabian desert, that motivator seemed to work very well because the Muslim armies were unstoppable for the better part of two centuries. Their Navy was pretty darn good too for that matter, something that's rarely mentioned.