(March 7, 2015 at 6:44 pm)rexbeccarox Wrote: http://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-31784538
Boko Haram has pledged allegiance to IS. This is giving me chills. Can anyone set my mind at ease on this one?
Whether we can set your mind at ease or not depends on exactly what aspect of it that is giving you chills. We are talking about two very nasty groups who do very nasty things, and if that is what is giving you chills, then no, no one is going to set your mind at ease. There are very nasty people in the world who do very nasty things.
Now, if you are worried that either or both is going to take over the world, I think your mind can be reasonably set at ease, as they are small groups and pretty much everyone else is against them. Even people who normally hate each other are against them (e.g., the U.S. & Iran, etc.), so you can be pretty sure that they are going to lose in the end.
Of course, they will torture and kill people while they last.
So, does that set your mind at ease or not?
"A wise man ... proportions his belief to the evidence."
— David Hume, An Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding, Section X, Part I.
