Worrying About the Future

[Crono]

Originally Posted by Typhoid

There shouldnt be laws according to religion, it should be laws according to the country/region you are in.

If your in a Muslim country, then you get muslim laws, Christian country, christian laws etc. etc.

And what of Muslims eventually out numbering Christians in these "Christian" countries? Laws should be based off of common sense of what's good and bad, not religion.

[Professor S]

Originally Posted by Crono

And what of Muslims eventually out numbering Christians in these "Christian" countries? Laws should be based off of common sense of what's good and bad, not religion.

There lies the problem. Notions of common sense and good and bad can vary greatly depending how deeply entrenched you are into Christianity/Islam. Many Muslims find women's rights to be offensive enough that if a women were to walk down a street in Saudi Arabia in a tank top they would be stoned by the populace.

A Christian sense of common sense and right and wrong would find that criminal, while the much more socially conservative Muslim ideals would have little problem with it.

This is where my worries stem from.

[Crono]

Originally Posted by The Strangler

There lies the problem. Notions of common sense and good and bad can vary greatly depending how deeply entrenched you are into Christianity/Islam. Many Muslims find women's rights to be offensive enough that if a women were to walk down a street in Saudi Arabia in a tank top they would be stoned by the populace.

A Christian sense of common sense and right and wrong would find that criminal, while the much more socially conservative Muslim ideals would have little problem with it.

This is where my worries stem from.

Well I understand what you are saying. Women in Islam can not even have male friends. They are stoned to death for cheating, and you get your hands cut off for stealing.

But... I would think (or hope) that most Muslims become more socially relaxed like we have, and not take their religous laws to the fullest extent. Example... the legalization of gay marriages. It specifically says in the Bible that "God hates that" (referring to gay/lesbians), yet some countries, who are Christian, will still legalize it.

I really don't think that Islam will over throw Christianity, but then again, it's happened in the past, in some places.

Kind of worries me too, I suppose.

I guess we need to start another Crusade. Who's up for it?!

[Professor S]

Yeah, that worked out so well last time