RE: Islams problem..
October 5, 2014 at 10:55 pm
(This post was last modified: October 5, 2014 at 10:57 pm by Anomalocaris.)
(October 5, 2014 at 5:52 pm)lifesagift Wrote: Is it needs a leader, a central figure... without that, it acts like an unruly mob.. some parts respect the law, other parts just kick off...
A central figure arising out of a mob like that is unlikely to make Islam less repulsive than what the unruly mob had made it.
(October 5, 2014 at 6:56 pm)Minimalist Wrote: H. L. Mencken made this observation:
Quote: “The trouble with Communism is the Communists, just as the trouble with Christianity is the Christians.”
Easily extended to islam.
I would think while the first so called christians might have been the original trouble with Christianity, christians itself is a big part of the trouble with latter day christianis.
The same with Islam.