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"But what about the moderates?"
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RE: "But what about the moderates?"
November 2, 2014 at 3:52 am
I agree that "moderates" are providing cover and validation to extremists and that is a big problem. I also agree that it's an absurd position to take. They think that they have a holy book which is divinely inspired, but that they pay it so little attention as to pretty much ignore it. It seems to me they want to hang on to the culture and the vague notions behind it, but to not think about what the point of it is or whether it makes the slightest bit of sense.

It would be like if I started a new religion, and I "found" a holy book, and went around saying this was the word of god and we should follow it; then proceeded to ignore 99% of what I just showed everyone. I would be laughed off the planet.

It would be great if "moderates" could agree that they like certain aspects of the culture, and certain ideas that (they think) the religion stands for, but that the religion itself is just insane. Maybe they could then retain these good aspects, without all this extra baggage and meaningless books that they have to keep doing mental gymnastics in order to not follow, and just have a culture. Then the crazy extremists (who are in fact the ones are taking the religion seriously!) would stand out much more for what they are, without validation from anyone, and hopefully they could be stopped without worrying about stepping on other people's eggshells.
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"But what about the moderates?" - by DeistPaladin - October 27, 2014 at 11:08 am
RE: "But what about the moderates?" - by Minimalist - October 27, 2014 at 12:03 pm
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RE: "But what about the moderates?" - by Christian - October 29, 2014 at 8:18 pm
RE: "But what about the moderates?" - by The Valkyrie - October 29, 2014 at 8:28 pm
RE: "But what about the moderates?" - by Christian - October 29, 2014 at 8:39 pm
RE: "But what about the moderates?" - by The Valkyrie - October 29, 2014 at 8:47 pm
RE: "But what about the moderates?" - by DeistPaladin - October 29, 2014 at 9:27 pm
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RE: "But what about the moderates?" - by xpastor - October 30, 2014 at 8:26 am
RE: "But what about the moderates?" - by DeistPaladin - October 30, 2014 at 8:53 am
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RE: "But what about the moderates?" - by DeistPaladin - October 30, 2014 at 10:53 am
RE: "But what about the moderates?" - by Thumpalumpacus - October 30, 2014 at 11:30 am
RE: "But what about the moderates?" - by Minimalist - October 30, 2014 at 11:41 am
RE: "But what about the moderates?" - by Minimalist - October 29, 2014 at 8:53 pm
RE: "But what about the moderates?" - by Christian - October 29, 2014 at 9:46 pm
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RE: "But what about the moderates?" - by RobbyPants - November 3, 2014 at 4:09 pm
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RE: "But what about the moderates?" - by robvalue - November 26, 2014 at 4:48 pm
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