(April 21, 2016 at 8:04 am)MrNoMorePropaganda Wrote: I hate this idea that there are only two groups. No two believers will agree on every single thing about their religion. Outside of Sunni and Shia there are Sufis, Ahmadis and Ibadis. And inside Sunni and Shia you have all sorts of disagreements. Twelver Shia are totally different from Ishmalis, who are different from Zaidis. It's ridiculous.
Again, we can focus on one umbrella religion and one holy book, but the truth remains with all religions worldwide is you will never find a perfectly unifying umbrella label where there are no competing sub sects. Not even the religions of Asia and the Orient escape this.
More peaceful is a time frame and geographical issue. Times change over long periods as well. Which is why it may seem impossible right now that the East can change, but when you look at Christianity it once was as barbaric and theocratic. Nobody should value the current climate of competing interpretations that dominate political Islam, no. But it still remains that our species did evolve with empathy so while we should have no faith in faith itself, we can value our common evolution.
If the west wants the east to get modern, fighting fire with fire with more war is not a solution. You fight bad ideas, but not human rights.
