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Re: Fred Schlomka's comment on my comment

Reader comment on item: "Muslim Group Targets Jewish Holidays"
in response to reader comment: conversion in Israel

Submitted by Ted Hewlett (Canada), Jul 3, 2006 at 16:14

Suppose you had written "In the ___Republic it is actrually illegal to try to convince anyone to change his party allegiance. Not a bad idea considering the draconian measures used in the recent past to impose political ideologies on a populace."

Well, it is hard to imagine a true democracy existing where there was no debate about political ideas because that might result in conversion to a different ideology.

Why the difference in people's attitude towards religious debate and conversion? It seems to me to indicate either an indifference to the importance of religion (with the resultant attitude that debate and attempts to change people's mind are useless in religion) or it results from a very totalitarian attitude ("My beliefs are right and the only ones that the state should recognize.")

"Muslims and Jews" you say "have generally co-existed with other religions under their control" Well, Jews in the past thousand years at least, till the establishment of the modern state of Israel, have hardly ever been in a position to control other religions. And the so-called tolerance of Muslim societies was only shown to the extent of allowing other religions to exist, not generally full tolerance.

It is rather disturbing to find people like Mr. Schlomka who are ready to throw overboard the most fundamental principles of liberty when their particular ox is not being gored.

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Title Commenter Date Thread
crying foul ...always ! ! ! [93 words]Phil GreendMay 26, 2007 17:5794696
Don't fool yourself. [209 words]Cindy SaroyaAug 2, 2006 16:3551541
Lies, lies and more lies [230 words]WalterAug 2, 2006 22:4251541
Christians wanting to convert Jews are not anti-Semites [160 words]Ted HewlettJun 30, 2006 14:1848578
conversion in Israel [87 words]Fred SchlomkaJul 3, 2006 01:1348578
Re: Fred Schlomka's comment on my comment [227 words]Ted HewlettJul 3, 2006 16:1448578
religious conversion [427 words]Fred SchlomkaJul 4, 2006 16:3148578
Re Mr. Schlomka's comment on my comment on his comment [279 words]Ted HewlettJul 6, 2006 03:1448578
Dear Mr. Hewlett [232 words]Fred SchlomkaJul 7, 2006 00:5948578
to Fred Schlomka: on religious conversion [241 words]Anubhav SinghAug 3, 2006 09:4848578
I stand corrected [6 words]Fred SchlomkaAug 3, 2006 17:1348578
No one is perfect or Ideal except God [477 words]Kalyug EraAug 4, 2006 11:0948578
Seeking Parity vs. Vindictiveness [241 words]AhrimanJun 21, 2006 19:2848015
Common Sense [81 words]tianxiangJun 21, 2006 11:1847997
common sense [106 words]MuhammadJul 18, 2006 10:4047997
Beware [74 words]JaladhiJun 19, 2006 10:3247894
iran was anti genocide. [62 words]mehranJun 18, 2006 07:0647851

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