(November 13, 2014 at 3:57 pm)Parkers Tan Wrote: I don't have a problem with channeling cherry-picking into more benign verses or interpretations. It's not perfectly honest but it's better than doing nothing. I doubt it'll have any quick results, though ... People who have decided on murder as a means will not likely be swayed by a few lectures, but it may be useful for those not fully involved in extremismI have no moral problem at all with the attempt, and I wish any liberal imams good luck in deprogramming extemists ... but to tell the truth, I don't expect them to have much success.
A few years ago there was a project which I thought might have great long term results. Some US agency was going to sponsor the development of an Urdu language Sesame Street in Pakistan. Unfortunately, I believe it got scrubbed when Pakistan reacted angrily to US drone attacks within its borders.
If you could reason with religious people, there would be no religious people — House