From: joedees@bellsouth.net
Date: Mon Jan 28 2002 - 00:48:53 MST
On 28 Jan 2002 at 1:30, L' Ermit wrote:
> <snip>
>
> [Joe Dees] The existence of a secular democratic system would be contrary to
> the Koran, which makes no distinction between church and state, and places
> the will of the people forever subservient to the will of Allah, as
> communicated by the mullahs and imams.
>
> [Hermit] But Christians held that to be true of the "Divine Right" of Kings
> - and more recently, in the US at least, of their "God given right" to keep
> slaves (do a search on "Juneteenth").
>
We are almost a century and a half beyond that slavery point (140
years).
>
>It was only when Christianity was set
> aside that we progressed beyond medievalism - and I bet that if you had
> asked Giordano Bruno if that was likely to happen on February 17, 1600, that
> he would have replied that he thought it hardly likely.
>
Which is exactly why I do not see the present situation vis-a-vis the
Muslim-inspired terrorists easing up until they are willling to lay Islam,
or at least their hidebound but unfortunately scripturally valid
conception of that neanderthal memeplex, aside as well.
>
> Regards
>
> Hermit
>
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