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To me the islam faith is frightening in our country...
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To me - the frightening thing is (1) the way some choose to practice their faith and (2) those who choose to do things in which they profess it to be connected to their faith - which is not necessarily the same thing.
Of those who profess faith in the world, Christians = 33% and Muslims = 21% - and current world/religious growth trends indicate that it will take > 100 yrs for the Muslim population to double.
http://www.geocities.com/richleebruce/b/islam.html
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That might be true, but this "religion of peace" just keeps making headlines such as these since mass media was invented.
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It does - fear and sensationalism sell in the MSM - "If it bleeds, it leads!" remains the editor's rule-of-thumb amongst that gang of
up-to-the-minute infomercial provocateurs. I always ask myself 'why' something was included in a news broadcast, 'when' and 'how' it was presented, and 'what' was left out (purposefully, not '
newsworthy' enough, etc).
FWIW - I'm not saying there aren't serious issues - I'm just not entirely sure the issues being presented are as
irrefutably dire as portrayed by those needing to sensationalize them for profit and job security - but maybe that's what growing up listening to the
imminent threat of Nuclear Winter, the
inevitable invasion by the 3rd Horde Guards Army, and the claims of the
End of History and
irrefutable future effects of global climate change has done to me.
YMsMV - but I remain skeptical and cautiously optimistic about it all.
Richard's $.02
