06-16-2005, 07:57 PM
Ashock,Jun 16 2005, 10:54 AM Wrote:1) It is only those that have not read the history books, that could argue that.
2) I (and even more importantly my parents and grandparents) grew up in an environment that is the epitome of what a truly oppressive regime can do to people's thoughts. I have spent semi-extensive time living in 2 Muslim republics. Even more importantly, my father's side of the family lived there for over 40 years. Does that make me an expert of how they think, what is in their head and what their society is like? That is definately arguable. However, it does make me more of an expert than most if not all of you, and those that are exceptions to that, are not arguuing against me.
3) Do not confuse smarter and wiser.
-A
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The post you talked about "facts" with was about people understanding absolutes above a certain age. There is no possible way to know this relating to background, and you never added any extra information to explain this.
About your background on areas you lived in: probably should have added this earlier, as it does help the argument. Next time do this insterad of blustering. However, that still doesn't explain where the culture comes from that makes people follow the religion the way they do, or how much the religion and other influences can be seperated. Muslims in Europe or the U.S., or in other different countries, can be expected to follow different opinions on a lot of things, even when having the same religion, so the other effects need to get seperated out with out going full on about "islam".
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