Fundamental Issue

Submitted by Mark G (United States), Apr 17, 2008 at 14:20

One needs to consider the differences between the works of the founders in assessing the probability of democracy. How do the lives of Mohamed, Gautama Buddha, Jesus Christ and others instruct their followers, as opposed to the actions of the early practitioners or institutions of these belief systems?

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