Re: ****ny Happy Caliphate

Howard Brazee wrote:

> On 19 Apr 2008 04:32:12 GMT, "Dan Goodman" <dsgood@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> 
> > And Islam has a historical record of being more tolerant than
> > Christianity.
> > 
> > Which is kind of like saying England has a better banana-growing
> > climate than Norway, but....
> 
> Millions of Muslims take comfort in believing that the vast majority
> of people will be tortured beyond all understanding forever and ever
> without hope of parole - for being fooled.   
> 
> How can that not be evil?

Citations, please.  English translations from Arabic are acceptable.

Note that a rather large number of Christians believe the same thing,
and take as much comfort from it.  The Roman Catholic Church has
declared it a heresy (which doesn't stop some Catholics from believing
it), but Fred Phelps has not.

It's quite possible to believe such nonsense, and to be more tolerant
than most Christians were up to the Industrial Revolution.

Or later.  I've read that in the 1950s, the Minneapolis AAA chapter
wouldn't accept Jewish members.  I don't think there's been any
landslide change in what Christian AAA members in Minneapolis believe
-- but they're ACTING more tolerant.


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