I agree with your second sentance.
But, any belief system that believes others have no right to have a say is a danger to democracy.
Religion provides a framework for someone to say "I'm right, and anyone who disagrees with me deserves to die." It has been used that way in Europe, with the Pope-kings of the dark ages and the God-Emperors of the romans, and it is being used that way in the middle east right now.
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Islam : Islamic fundamentalists :: Christianity : KKK
Thank you, West Wing. Well, and the SAT.
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Thanks.
Now imagine if the KKK (or an equivilent organization) took over a western democracy, say Germany. Imagine that happend about 50 years ago, and it caused the bloodiest war in human history.
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Please elaborate. Sure the KKK is a bunch of bigots and worthless human beings, but I don't see them repressing woman, human rights, keeping the slave trade alive, flying planes into buildings, commiting suicide bombings, or being embroiled in the majority of the worlds conflicts.
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That's mainly because the KKK is weaker than Islamic Fundies. Don't you think they'd like to have a slave traid, repress women (some of them), etc?
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Show me where anywhere on the planet they Christians anywhere are suscribing to/and or perpetuating the same evil as militant Islam.
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Germany, circa WW2.
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It's the "don't want western girls" that's the problem. They don't want to marry girls from the same ethnic background that grew up here, simply because they're too liberal. It means these people do not want to join the general Dutch culture, and want to stay a seperate group.
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Or it means that it takes time for people to integrate?
Sheesh,
http://www.nomarriage.com/ is a bunch of mysogynists who agree with them. Does that make them "un-western"? Maybe. =)