RE: When will the Middle East become majority Atheist?
March 10, 2015 at 7:32 pm
(This post was last modified: March 10, 2015 at 7:36 pm by TheMessiah.)
(March 10, 2015 at 6:50 pm)Sionnach Wrote:(March 9, 2015 at 3:43 pm)TheMessiah Wrote: It's a bold question, I know. But let's talk long term; in 100 years time, or even 500 years, realistically, how Atheistic would the Middle-East be?
Islam is younger than Chrsitianity, and look how long Christianity has had a hold on society. Islam is practically still in the middle ages, culturally, whereas Christian culture has changed with the passing of time (evident from the myriad interpretations of scripture and different denominations).
Eh, the only reason Christianity has more interpretations is because The Bible is more open to interpretation. The Qu'ran is not, it's shorter, more direct and claims to be the word of God --- it doesn't have the ''benefit'' of being more interpret-able.
Christianity also morphed with the enlightenment era, Islam had it's chance then.
On the Middle East:
I loved my holiday to Dubai. I went there on holiday and I was like ''Fuck, this place is next to Saudi Arabia?'' --- Dubai is strict, but nowhere near as strict as Iraq or Saudi Arabia, it has to tone down it's law because it needs people to come on holiday. Dubai has a lot of nasty laws but none of them are really enforced in the UAE.
Lebanon is very, very Westernized. So is Israel.
Aside from that, the Middle-East is a shit-hole, putting it lightly.
