From a comment of Jan 18...

Submitted by g mcme (Canada), Oct 26, 2006 at 03:59

Divisions among the victims of Islam have always been the main and principal cause of Islam's success and strength. From the very first moment it appeared until the present they (these divisions) have made possible the spread of this religion by war and global terror.
So please, non-Muslims of all lands, unite! Don't blame each other and don't find faults in the face of this mortal danger!

Jan

Someone got it right - We are in a battle to maintain democracy as opposed to living in religious states throughout the world. It was pointed out to me many years ago that there are not and probably never have been any affluent 'religious states' because mind control does not lend itself to creative thinking. The affluence of former states has been eaten up by the mental poverty of living under the government of a flawed religion.

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