(Starting with "A") Armstrong, Aslan, Atran: Who will be the first to say this has nothing to do with religion?http://nyti.ms/18Mu7Bq
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@SamHarrisOrg@dougjanack reminds me of Marxist&Capitalists insisting the sequela of their ideologies are fault of merely "rouge" adherents -
@lt_diablo@SamHarrisOrg ...of the heinous acts of their extremist fringe? If I buy some of Marx's critique of Capitalism, am I Stalinist? -
@DougJanack@samharrisorg no but the doctrine itself is suspect.Marx claimed it was scientific dialectic/inevitable. Islam claims final word -
@lt_diablo@SamHarrisOrg All ideologies, including religions, evolve, and all have mixed records. Essentializing isn't meaningful. -
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@DougJanack Have you "essentialized" my view of Islam? Perhaps my belief that it's dangerous and idiotic has nothing to do with what I say. -
@SamHarrisOrg You do acknowledge that Islamic scripture forbids both suicide and murder of non-combatants, right? -
@DougJanack Not quite. The verse on "suicide" ("do not destroy yourselves") is open to interpretation. As is "noncombatant"....
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@SamHarrisOrg@DougJanack If someone kills a few hundreds while taking his own life, its a suicide. It's simple.@GabrielOnEarthThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@SamHarrisOrg@DougJanack you could argue that they get their strength from faith. Like when people do good and claim the same -
@JohnJoDeery@SamHarrisOrg True. But it's a weird "faith" that goes contrary to basic teachings. Something more than religion at work.
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@SamHarrisOrg@DougJanack Jihadists and their apologists! -
@EllaBraigen@SamHarrisOrg Can you see how much you are twisting things to suggest that I am an "apologist" for jihadism? Try to be honest. -
@DougJanack@SamHarrisOrg It was a general observation. -
@EllaBraigen@SamHarrisOrg In that case, it is general observation with no relevance to this particular discussion.
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@SamHarrisOrg@dougjanack Islam, Marxism, and Libertarian style capitalism all lead to purges/misery Because of "purity" not in spite of itThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@SamHarrisOrg@DougJanack I get what you're saying, though I don't know if there's anything "finessed" about blowing yourself & others upThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@SamHarrisOrg@dougjanack ...the problems of "pure" doctrine is in the ideology itself. Anything claiming perfection going to lead to deathsThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@SamHarrisOrg Perhaps, But the bulk of Islamic scholarship and the Quran itself are against them. Of course, extremists rationalize anything -
@DougJanack@SamHarrisOrg To hear u talk Doug is to see how far the termites have eaten, and how well they have dined. Islam = Control
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