Re: MD Christianity v. Islam (v. Whatever)

From: Arlo J. Bensinger (ajb102@psu.edu)
Date: Sat Aug 27 2005 - 23:18:54 BST

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    On 8/27/05, MarshaV <marshalz@charter.net> wrote:
    > > At 09:23 AM 8/27/2005 -0400, Arlo wrote:
    > >
    > > >... Christian "fundamentalists" lead mostly cooshy, comfortable lives...
    > >
    > >
    > > Hi Arlo,
    > >
    > > I don't think this statement is true. Do you have any proof of its
    validity?
    > >

    Hi Marsha,

    I was making a general statement comparing the lives of "typical" Islamic
    fundamentalists and "typical" American Christian fundamentalists. This was to
    offer a response as to why Islamic fundamentalists are "more aggressive" than
    Christian fundamentalists. Many of them have nothing but the religion, and are
    living in war-torn, impoverished, and oppressed regions. Not all. Most. On the
    other hand, most Christian fundamentalists in America live under quite
    different conditions. My supposition is that were Christian fundamentalists
    suddenly beset by the same conditions as surround the Islamic fundamentalists,
    you'd see much more aggression and military action being decried.

    Remember that one terrorist attack (9/11) drove many voices in America to "hate"
    Islamics, and many used language suggesting a holy war. Although the media was
    quick to quelch this, imagine what the rhetoric of many Americans would be if
    New York became Fallujah (in terms of military acts, bombs, use of napalm,
    etc.) Do you think the Christian fundamentalists would not react with the same
    aggression as the Islamic fundamentalists?

    To sum, my point was its great to be "pacifistic" from a comfy airchair, but
    quite another when you grow up in conditions that have prevailed in the Middle
    East over the past 50 years. And much of that has been the result of foreign
    interests manipulating, beseiging and interferring in these areas, all in the
    quest for oil. (If Iraq had no oil, do you seriously think "W" would've been a
    Moral Crusader for the Iraqi People? If he was interested in righting moral
    wrongs, (1) Saddam would not have been our ally for so long, and (2) he would
    go for North Korea and/or China and/or Saudi Arabia, where there are far more
    "moral transgressions" than Iraq.)

    Arlo

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