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GliderGuider

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13. That's my take on it, yes.

Reply to candelista (Reply #10)

Thu Sep 4, 2014, 11:05 AM

Sep 2014

The envelope is addressed in religious language, but the message inside is one of pure power. Now, the majority of ISIS followers may think it's about religion, but that's not my view. IMO the real point is the effective and irresistible exercise of power. In the USA it's exercised by corporations, in the ME it's religions. Peel back the surface and you find the same power principles at work.

You may hold a different view, I'm not going to object.

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Archbishop Of Canterbury Joins Jewish And Muslim Faith Leaders To Declare #WeAreAllHuman [View all] Turborama Sep 2014 OP

When your only tool is a hammer, you see every problem as a nail. GliderGuider Sep 2014 #1

ISIS is not about religion? candelista Sep 2014 #10

That's my take on it, yes. GliderGuider Sep 2014 #13

Not clear why you hold this view. candelista Sep 2014 #14

Systems seek power in order to prevail over competitors. GliderGuider Sep 2014 #17

Ah! You have a monistic Theory of Everything. candelista Sep 2014 #18

No problem. Nice chatting with you. GliderGuider Sep 2014 #19

It is a good thing that Muslim leaders are speaking up cosmicone Sep 2014 #2

Because that's not how faith works Turborama Sep 2014 #3

It works for Hindus cosmicone Sep 2014 #8

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Hindus don't have a problem with coexistence cosmicone Sep 2014 #22

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Don't believe everything you read cosmicone Sep 2014 #24

I have travelled all over India. candelista Sep 2014 #26

I know far more about India than someone who has just casually travelled there. cosmicone Sep 2014 #27

Maybe I should have been more specific Turborama Sep 2014 #12

I agree cosmicone Sep 2014 #21

Forgive me if I'm inferring wrongly FarrenH Sep 2014 #5

No prejudice at all cosmicone Sep 2014 #7

Does it have to go as far as forming an ISIS-like organization? FarrenH Sep 2014 #9

The actions that you speak of cosmicone Sep 2014 #20

Wahhabi Islam's primary enemy has always been mainstream Islam. candelista Sep 2014 #15

#wedontreallybelievethis n/t Earth_First Sep 2014 #4

:) nt candelista Sep 2014 #16

Now, when will the Archbishop start supporting same-sex marriage, already the law ... kwassa Sep 2014 #6

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