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<blockquote data-quote="Blondepudding" data-source="post: 69170553" data-attributes="member: 383379"><p>I see the misnomer of the label, radical Islam, to correct itself to read as, fundamentalist Islam. </p><p>Any sect enforcing the fundamentals of their faith, taking the literal teachings in this contemporary era to heart and enforcing them, can be a risk to civilized society. </p><p></p><p>In the case of Islam there appears to be a desire to label a schism in the tradition itself. Those who hold to the literal teachings in the Koran. And those who aren't all that keen in doing so and are therefore defined as moderate(ly) Muslims. </p><p></p><p>Just as the Christian is aware of the prophecies that pertain to their end of days teachings per their holy book, so too is there that same type teaching in Islam. </p><p>And of course each faith believes itself superior to the other for various reasons. </p><p></p><p>The problem with both traditions as I see it is that the 21st century faithful attempt to conceptualize the modern world so that the believer confines one's intellect and behavior into a first century world view. And while being confounded in the effort by a 21st century reality. </p><p></p><p>And that is why the fundamentalist Muslim believes they are vested in a holy war against western values that exploit their natural resources, while enmeshed in a third world culture that see's first world as an enemy of their religious fundamentals. And why the first world Christian believes they are to defend against barbarians that worship a false god because the barbarians are afraid of evolving from their third world traditions into a first world consciousness. </p><p></p><p>In short, there are too many of 'them' on either side to let ones personal life fret as to the outcome of said contest. </p><p>Live <em><strong>your</strong></em> life. We acquire so much stress in our every day because many of us are concerned that the people of the world we give our attention to aren't comporting themselves in a way that makes us feel safe in our own. </p><p></p><p>It's out of your hands. Deal with what comes when it comes. In the meantime realize also that this contention between Islam and Christianity has been extant since each side found the other daring to claim exclusive relationship with a god that concerns itself with the behaviors of one kind of people. </p><p></p><p>Religion rips a society apart largely because what is held in faith first is exclusive license to be possessive of a construct born from the human psyche that first says a creator spirit is beyond comprehension.While at the same time codifying and identifying the incomprehensible as that which has an amicable predisposition to its creators who believe it loves them best.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Blondepudding, post: 69170553, member: 383379"] I see the misnomer of the label, radical Islam, to correct itself to read as, fundamentalist Islam. Any sect enforcing the fundamentals of their faith, taking the literal teachings in this contemporary era to heart and enforcing them, can be a risk to civilized society. In the case of Islam there appears to be a desire to label a schism in the tradition itself. Those who hold to the literal teachings in the Koran. And those who aren't all that keen in doing so and are therefore defined as moderate(ly) Muslims. Just as the Christian is aware of the prophecies that pertain to their end of days teachings per their holy book, so too is there that same type teaching in Islam. And of course each faith believes itself superior to the other for various reasons. The problem with both traditions as I see it is that the 21st century faithful attempt to conceptualize the modern world so that the believer confines one's intellect and behavior into a first century world view. And while being confounded in the effort by a 21st century reality. And that is why the fundamentalist Muslim believes they are vested in a holy war against western values that exploit their natural resources, while enmeshed in a third world culture that see's first world as an enemy of their religious fundamentals. And why the first world Christian believes they are to defend against barbarians that worship a false god because the barbarians are afraid of evolving from their third world traditions into a first world consciousness. In short, there are too many of 'them' on either side to let ones personal life fret as to the outcome of said contest. Live [I][B]your[/B][/I] life. We acquire so much stress in our every day because many of us are concerned that the people of the world we give our attention to aren't comporting themselves in a way that makes us feel safe in our own. It's out of your hands. Deal with what comes when it comes. In the meantime realize also that this contention between Islam and Christianity has been extant since each side found the other daring to claim exclusive relationship with a god that concerns itself with the behaviors of one kind of people. Religion rips a society apart largely because what is held in faith first is exclusive license to be possessive of a construct born from the human psyche that first says a creator spirit is beyond comprehension.While at the same time codifying and identifying the incomprehensible as that which has an amicable predisposition to its creators who believe it loves them best. [/QUOTE]
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