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  FalstaffApr. 18, 2009 - 12:47PM JST

  There will be peace if the circumstances are good for me, but war if they are now.

  Sorry, should be "not"

  Posted in: Can Islam and the Western world coexist peacefully?

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  FalstaffApr. 18, 2009 - 12:45PM JST

  If you believe in survival of the fittest, there will never be lasting peace. Sad reality of our human nature.

  Let's be real and look at our own little world of our daily life -- we are driven to be better. Better than whom? Why? So our co-worker loses his/her job instead of us. Job sharing? Well, if its not in the company's best interest, it wouldn't happen. The little "wars" in our life contine... Do you think the wars around the world will stop? Only as long as it is in our best interest. There will be peace if the circumstances are good for me, but war if they are now.

  Religions can coexist as long as both sides want them to. Its as simple as that. Whether or not this peaceful existence is true to each one's religious viewpoint is the question.

  Posted in: Can Islam and the Western world coexist peacefully?

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  FalstaffApr. 17, 2009 - 10:58AM JST

  Toecutter says:

  Blind faith (any faith) is simply blind.

  What is faith? Faith is basically trust. It is only as good as the person or thing that you trust. All faith is not blind faith. Faith is based on / must be accompanied by relationship,reason,rationale, and reputation. It comes in levels. For example: -faith in toecutter's promise: 0 percent -- Don't know him/her, no history to go by. This would be blind faith. -faith in the education system's promise to solve all of the world's problems: 25 percent -faith in stock market's promise: 50 percent -- past history shows some potential for profit, but not totally predictable / reliable. -faith in the best brands product promise (50 years ago): 75 percent -- made good quality products, good reputation -faith in my best friend's promise: 90 percent -- never lies, cares for me, but human after all. -faith in promise of a good God with thousands of years history and a personal relationship: infinite

  toecutter says:

  Ignorance and poverty are your enemies

  Rich people don't commit crimes? Its not ignorance and poverty (those are important), but it is selfishness that is the root problem. Fix selfishness = no more poverty. Education doesn't fix selfishness.

  Den Den says:

  The root of all evil is bigotry. that I am afraid means Christianity.

  Wow! How can these two sentences be put together in all seriousness?Summary of Den Den's profound statement: sentence 1 -- Bigotry = bad. sentence 2 -- Me=bigot. I think the ignorance part of toecutter's post applies to the rest of Den Den's statement.

  Posted in: Can Islam and the Western world coexist peacefully?

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