Islam Alone is lame?

Submitted by Zantar Buru (United States), Aug 9, 2002 at 04:56

Mr. Pipes' pipe dream is unsufficiently Churchillian. No appeasement. Transcendental beliefs of any faith are the problem, Christian and Islam alike. Reason won the battle with faith a long time ago, but it doesn't seem to have seeped down or raised all boats equally. Awkward time in history, no doubt : We evolved to believe in Alpha apes in the sky, and discovered a whole different reality. I recommend the beginning of a spring cleaning on our minds, and discard any attachment to ideas of 1. Afterlife; 2. Gods; 3. prophets that know God; 4. Exclusivity; 5. Infallibility. Let's not prefer sensitilvty to truth. Trust truth. Kids can handle truth better than deception and we're still kids.

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