3WD:
Unfortunately it appears that the part of the terrorist culture they are
trying to preserve is the "power of authority" to which 'freedom' is THE
ENEMY. To borrow the title from Karen Armstrong's book this might be
"The [Ultimate] Battle for God" While politicians, on all sides, have
tried to assure everyone that this event has "nothing to do with
religion" , particularly Islam, not only am I not convinced, I find this
denial more terrorizing than the act.
ROG:
I believe you are correct on all counts.
3WD:
Make no doubt about it this is yet another battle in the ongoing war of
reform and reconcilation between the Abramamic religions and cultures
that has been ongoing for thousands of years. In a nutshell the battle
is between the fundamentalist, authoritarian, catholic, interpretation
of God and the reformed, individualist, interpretation of God. And
there are large factions and blends of each of these groups in
Christian, Jewish, and Islamic faithful worldwide.
ROG:
The social outcome of all these anti-individualist, anti-DYNAMIC,
authoritarian, fundamentalist beliefs is that same "unmarked grave of lies"
that Bush referred to along with Marxism and Nazism. They have been tried
for thousands of years, and they lead to pretty much what we see in
Afghanistan, Iran and the other cesspools of social quality. Their only
solution short of changing their own beliefs and culture to something more
moral is to bring ours down to their level. It may get real ugly.....
Rog
PS -- Note to John Lennon -- well, we gave peace a chance...
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