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Old 06-13-2010, 12:24 PM   #13 (permalink)
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As previous posters have said, even our Western societies are based upon the Judeo-Christian moral system.

I have a hard time imagining living in a country with a Sharia system, and I don't believe that is an effective way to run a society. I think that's one of the main reasons the Middle Eastern countries are barbaric and underdeveloped - their religion is too closely related to the legal and political system.

Read more: http://www.tfproject.org/tfp/tilted-...#ixzz0qlaKfXrU
When you say Judeo-Christian you actually mean Abrahamic... and Islam is an Abrahamic religion. If our laws were based more prominently on Christian teachings, no anti-homophobic laws would be on the books, everyone would have mandatory community service to heal the sick, and large percentages of our income would continually go to various charities to aid the poor.

As for your second statement, it is so rife with inaccuracies and false knowledge I'm not even going to start on it.
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