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originally posted by: Freeborn
Islam has regressed and many interpretations and/or branches and denominations of it are diametrically opposed to 'Western' values and thinking.
Islam is about 500-600 years younger than Christianity.
Islam today at times reminds me of Christianity of 500-600 years ago along with all its intolerances, injustices and shear barbarity.
Who knows where they will be in 500-600 years time?
Personally I still think Islamic extremism is the single, biggest threat this world faces.
Are we still allowed to ay that?
originally posted by: Freeborn
Islam has regressed and many interpretations and/or branches and denominations of it are diametrically opposed to 'Western' values and thinking.
Islam is about 500-600 years younger than Christianity.
Islam today at times reminds me of Christianity of 500-600 years ago along with all its intolerances, injustices and shear barbarity.
Who knows where they will be in 500-600 years time?
Personally I still think Islamic extremism is the single, biggest threat this world faces.
Are we still allowed to ay that?
originally posted by: AlienBorg
originally posted by: Freeborn
Islam has regressed and many interpretations and/or branches and denominations of it are diametrically opposed to 'Western' values and thinking.
Islam is about 500-600 years younger than Christianity.
Islam today at times reminds me of Christianity of 500-600 years ago along with all its intolerances, injustices and shear barbarity.
Who knows where they will be in 500-600 years time?
Personally I still think Islamic extremism is the single, biggest threat this world faces.
Are we still allowed to ay that?
Excellent analogy!
Islam is what was Christianity centuries ago. But there is nothing to show Islam will evolve in the future. If anything it will be even more regressive.
I fear marxists far more than Islamists.
originally posted by: AlienBorg
originally posted by: bastion
a reply to: AlienBorg
Why? My background is Applied Maths - it's impossible to deny the massive role the Islamic Academies ad Scholars played in the fields as mathematicians and scientists travelled from all over the world to study there and escape persecution in Europe at the time. Maths and science were heavilly revered in Islam and mosques were built to worship geometry.
Without the concept of 0, mathematical notation or Arabic numerals we'd be stuch with Roman numerals which are very inneficient, without advanced algebra of abstract maths most scientific fields couldnt be developed- Fibonacci travelled there to study and brought the works of Al-Khwarizm to Europe in the Liber Abbaci.
You can give credit to some Islamic scholars, that's fine. You cannot credit Islam in my view. This is a terrible and backward political ideology. In the early stages of the religion progress was made but Islam isn't judged on what some scholars and movements of thought achieved at that time. I am not doubting the role of the Arabs and other Islamic Scholars in Mathematics, Science, Engineering, philosophy. But Islam as a whole failed...
originally posted by: sarahvital
a reply to: tanstaafl
and a cult..
originally posted by: Freeborn
a reply to: CoyoteAngels
I fear marxists far more than Islamists.
Is there such a thing as a real and genuine Marxist nowadays?
The vast majority of those who get labelled Marxists nowadays bear little if any resemblance to traditional Marxists and I very much doubt could quote anything from Engels and Marx's Communist Manifesto or any other Marxist thinkers theorising.
So called Cultural Marxism does indeed pose a huge threat at many levels - including support of the Islamic apologist narrative - but please don't mistake it for genuine Marxism.
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originally posted by: AlienBorg
originally posted by: bastion
a reply to: AlienBorg
Why? My background is Applied Maths - it's impossible to deny the massive role the Islamic Academies ad Scholars played in the fields as mathematicians and scientists travelled from all over the world to study there and escape persecution in Europe at the time. Maths and science were heavilly revered in Islam and mosques were built to worship geometry.
Without the concept of 0, mathematical notation or Arabic numerals we'd be stuch with Roman numerals which are very inneficient, without advanced algebra of abstract maths most scientific fields couldnt be developed- Fibonacci travelled there to study and brought the works of Al-Khwarizm to Europe in the Liber Abbaci.
You can give credit to some Islamic scholars, that's fine. You cannot credit Islam in my view. This is a terrible and backward political ideology. In the early stages of the religion progress was made but Islam isn't judged on what some scholars and movements of thought achieved at that time. I am not doubting the role of the Arabs and other Islamic Scholars in Mathematics, Science, Engineering, philosophy. But Islam as a whole failed...
originally posted by: bastion
originally posted by: AlienBorg
originally posted by: bastion
a reply to: AlienBorg
Why? My background is Applied Maths - it's impossible to deny the massive role the Islamic Academies ad Scholars played in the fields as mathematicians and scientists travelled from all over the world to study there and escape persecution in Europe at the time. Maths and science were heavilly revered in Islam and mosques were built to worship geometry.
Without the concept of 0, mathematical notation or Arabic numerals we'd be stuch with Roman numerals which are very inneficient, without advanced algebra of abstract maths most scientific fields couldnt be developed- Fibonacci travelled there to study and brought the works of Al-Khwarizm to Europe in the Liber Abbaci.
You can give credit to some Islamic scholars, that's fine. You cannot credit Islam in my view. This is a terrible and backward political ideology. In the early stages of the religion progress was made but Islam isn't judged on what some scholars and movements of thought achieved at that time. I am not doubting the role of the Arabs and other Islamic Scholars in Mathematics, Science, Engineering, philosophy. But Islam as a whole failed...
Great post, I agree with all that.
Post 1950s corruptions of Islam like Qutbism and Wahabbism promoted by Saudi Arabia are the polar opposite to the original culture that caused the Golden Age and instead ban women and non-Muslims from education and banning the traditional practice of using science as a tool to question the Quran and Hadiths.
Thankfully the millitant interpretations of Islamare a very small minority but every step should be taken to stop them getting any foothold in the West.
Revealed by who?
Created is the right word.
originally posted by: DeadSnow
originally posted by: AlienBorg
originally posted by: Freeborn
Islam has regressed and many interpretations and/or branches and denominations of it are diametrically opposed to 'Western' values and thinking.
Islam is about 500-600 years younger than Christianity.
Islam today at times reminds me of Christianity of 500-600 years ago along with all its intolerances, injustices and shear barbarity.
Who knows where they will be in 500-600 years time?
Personally I still think Islamic extremism is the single, biggest threat this world faces.
Are we still allowed to ay that?
Excellent analogy!
Islam is what was Christianity centuries ago. But there is nothing to show Islam will evolve in the future. If anything it will be even more regressive.
All you're saying is the religion hasn't changed and Muslims are firm in their beliefs as should be. You are praising it more than you think. Fastest growing religion in the world and there's nothing you or anyone can do about it. I have also witnessed more people becoming Christian of late. Why do you reckon that is? Perhaps because the lefties have destroyed modern society by enforcing their luciferian agenda? Everyone wants to play God. Truth is, everyone is insignificant.
originally posted by: Sookiechacha
a reply to: AlienBorg
Revealed by who?
Created is the right word.
Revealed by Mohammud, the prophet, himself.
There's really nothing new in there. Mohammud didn't create monotheism. It's all just a reiteration of Old Testament monotheism stuff. Have you read Jeremiah? Daniel? Zacharia or Ezekiel? Polytheism was not looked on favorably by any of the Old Testament prophets. Monotheism was the global trend at the time, and Mohammud took his people there, and his family dynasty rode that wave and are still riding it from on top of the world. en.wikipedia.org...:House_of_Hashim