Posted in Europe, History, Islam, Religion on Mar 17th, 2008
Magda raised a good point, as she does with rather disconcerting regularity.
The Roman Catholic Church HAS had a violent history. In fact, I suspect that its history has been even MORE violent than Islam’s history. However, I don’t believe that this actually points to the error of fundamentalism.
I just think that it points to the error [...]
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Posted in Democracy, Europe, History, Islam, Society on Feb 21st, 2008
The thing about being a wild-eyed fanatic is that you cannot shut up for long. It’s a problem. I just cannot shut up about Israel, Global Security, Foreign Policy, and anything else even remotely related to such things. Oh, I have other interests too, and I can’t seem to shut up about those either, but [...]
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I’m not finished with Iran just yet, so expect the next installment on our bamboozlement Real Soon Now.
That’s ‘cuz I want to talk about family history.
Mine.
As in, my illustrious forebears were… the biggest bunch of scum that ever graced a family tree - or at least swung from one. They all should have been drowned [...]
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Posted in History, Iran, Society on Oct 23rd, 2007
There seems to be a pattern that weaves its way through human history.
A certain percentage of people are really honest, a certain percentage are really dishonest, and certain percentage are really in between. A certain percentage are really good neighbors, a certain percentage are really bad neighbors, and a certain percentage are really in between. A certain [...]
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Posted in History, Jordan on Oct 15th, 2007
I try not to mix too much of my personal faith into these articles. Or, maybe I should say that I try to keep it to a level that (I hope) is acceptable to everyone. Please feel free to take me to task when I have been less-than-professional in this regard.
I say that because I’m [...]
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