RE: When will the Middle East become majority Atheist?
March 10, 2015 at 4:55 pm
(This post was last modified: March 10, 2015 at 4:57 pm by TheMessiah.)
(March 10, 2015 at 4:39 am)bennyboy Wrote: I think you guys are showing an especial bigotry. First of all, historically, the growth of Islam was responsible for both great peace and great intellectual and cultural advancement. Islam has also traditionally been much more tolerant of Christianity than vice versa. Overall, it probably is, even today.
The problem is that generations of indiscriminately bombing brown people has made them mad. So has stealing their land and giving it to their religious enemies. The Persian countries in particular have a history of poetry, art, and wisdom that is rooted as strongly in their psyches as Islam is. I think Iran is likely to be one of the first countries to go completely secular.
From a Geo-Political standpoint, I will point out that Islamic countries have become worse because of the situation which led them there.
Iran was a secular democracy; the President at the time nationalized the Oil (which belonged to Britain), Britain and the USA carried out a coup-de-tat which led to his overthrowment and replacement with the Shah.
The Shah was better than Ayatollah Khomeni, but he fucked up because there was great economic inequality. Islam was used as a back-drop and cultural defense, and Islam rose to power.
Think about that. Iran was a secular democracy. If the 1953 Coup-De-Tat had never happened, then Iran would not be Islamic as it is today.
Iran does have a lot of Atheists though; the youth in Iran are most certainly Secular.
Afghanistan is an example. The Soviets invaded, and the USA funded the terrorist groups in Afghanistan, which was a mistake because they basically armed these terrorists and helped them gain power.
Had the Soviets not invaded, Afghanistan would be more secular.
![[Image: afghanistan-women-covered.jpg]](https://itstartswiththeveil.files.wordpress.com/2014/02/afghanistan-women-covered.jpg)
Iraq was also better at the time:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AajPxROvcTA
(March 10, 2015 at 4:39 am)bennyboy Wrote: I think you guys are showing an especial bigotry. First of all, historically, the growth of Islam was responsible for both great peace and great intellectual and cultural advancement. Islam has also traditionally been much more tolerant of Christianity than vice versa. Overall, it probably is, even today.
The problem is that generations of indiscriminately bombing brown people has made them mad. So has stealing their land and giving it to their religious enemies. The Persian countries in particular have a history of poetry, art, and wisdom that is rooted as strongly in their psyches as Islam is. I think Iran is likely to be one of the first countries to go completely secular.
Eh one part is wrong.
Islam was not responsible for peace. It was spread by the sword and the Islamic conquests were complete blood-baths. It was not peaceful And then we the Armenian genocide...
