By the way, as a side note, I remember how Hillary Clinton once went to Indonesia and praised the country as a prime example of how Democracy and Islam are perfectly compatible with one another. I don't remember her exact words but it was along the smug lines of "those who say Islam is tyrannical, just look at Indonesia."
Indonesia does seem to be among the most relatively progressive examples the world can offer of a majority Muslim country coexisting with the concept of a free society (emphasis on the word "relatively"). This country and Turkey are the only examples I can readily think of at all.
That Indonesia is upheld not just as a good example but a shining city on a hill to show the rest of the world the best possible scenario tells us all we need to know about Islam.
Indonesia does seem to be among the most relatively progressive examples the world can offer of a majority Muslim country coexisting with the concept of a free society (emphasis on the word "relatively"). This country and Turkey are the only examples I can readily think of at all.
That Indonesia is upheld not just as a good example but a shining city on a hill to show the rest of the world the best possible scenario tells us all we need to know about Islam.
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"The trinity can be equated to having your cake and eating it too."
... -Lucent, trying to defend the Trinity concept
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... -Statler Waldorf, Christian apologist
"The trinity can be equated to having your cake and eating it too."
... -Lucent, trying to defend the Trinity concept
"(Yahweh's) actions are good because (Yahweh) is the ultimate standard of goodness. That’s not begging the question"
... -Statler Waldorf, Christian apologist
