Actually, in my observation, that’s the case in the U.S. as well. The Moslems I know personally are secular and very decent people, in fact I prefer their company to that of some of the more austere Calvinist Christians and Mormons in my circle of acquaintance. I’ve traveled and worked in Moslem countries and it seems as though most people, left to their own devices, just want to be left alone to live and let live; to get through life as best they can, just like the rest of us. Kind of like what’s going on in the Anglican/Episcopal communion right now, it appears as though the whole institution has been hijacked by a radical and very vocal minority that are simply using religion as a means to pursue a political agenda. In the Middle East this is largely fueled by lack of education, poverty and perceived prejudice in western foreign policy. In the west it’s largely fueled by our endemic and insane obsession with being “politically correct” under all circumstances; catering to the extreme political agendas of radical minorities, rather than using our God-given common sense and looking out for the interests of our societies as a whole. If this practice continues, and I sure don’t see it abating, the consequences are going to be disastrous and we will have nobody to blame but ourselves. At least the Pope ties to warn us about this, and that’s why they don’t like him, but I fear it’s just a voice in the wilderness.
I’m not that old, but I sure never thought I’d see a day where it’s perfectly ok to slam Christians, but not to criticize anybody else regardless of what they say; where dudes can marry other dudes, and then DEMAND to adopt children. In some places, like Canada and Sweden, you can even be criminally prosecuted for using the bible to refute that sort of insanity. I don’t for a minute believe that the majority of people support that type of legislation, but we are ALLOWING it to happen. We can hardly criticize the majority of Muslims for failing to check their radicals when we fail to check our own.
And once these radical types are running the show, just how “politically correct” do you think they’re going to be with us?
