"Making Sense of Gaza: A Conversation Between Sam Harris and Andrew Sullivan"http://bit.ly/1ramjTV
@elZindiq But there is no tradition that supports their apathy. If I'm wrong, point me to it.
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@SamHarrisOrg I'd like to say Sufism but I know how you're going to respond to that ... -
@elZindiq I love Rumi, but the Sufi's are hardly representative of the faith. They are often considered apostates themselves.
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@SamHarrisOrg Not sure I agree. Until recently, Sufi Islam had considerable influence in South/Central Asia (now Taliban country) -
@elZindiq It didn't work out so well for Al-Hallaj (854-922). On the other side, there have been some very intolerant Sufis.
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@SamHarrisOrg before this discussion gets swamped, perhaps we could have an exchange on email? -
@elZindiq Sorry, but I have 3000 unread emails. No bandwidth for an exchange. But you're welcome to enlighten me on any points.
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@SamHarrisOrg Understand. Interested in your response to this:https://twitter.com/elZindiq/status/499798744607367170 … -
@SamHarrisOrg BTW, on Taqiyya: I guarantee if there's a survey, 99.9% Muslims don't even know what it means. Borderline fiction. - 2 more replies
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@SamHarrisOrg what you call "apathy" IS and has been the dominant tradition throughout history. -
@elZindiq By "tradition," I mean a doctrinally supported school--not just what many people do who don't take religion seriously.
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@SamHarrisOrg doesn't that say something about the power of the doctrine when so many people for so long are able to not take it seriously? -
@elZindiq Please, your minimizing how many take it seriously. But even if it were only 10 percent. That 150 million potential jihadists.
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@samharrisorg @elzindiq The Torah is as prescriptively brutal as the Koran. The number of Jews who advocate it as the rule of law is zero. -
@samharrisorg @elzindiq The alarming rise of the Islamic State — and its threat to the world — are no longer hypotheticals. -
@gingi0 ISIL is brutal and scary but not a threat to the world. It is surrounded by powerful armies that are hostile to it. - 7 more replies
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