Five things:
1. All world religions are diverse. Both MLK and the Westboro Baptist Church's Fred Phelps believed themselves to be devout Christians. Only those with agendas happen to accept this diversity for all faiths but speak of Islam as a monolith
1. All world religions are diverse. Both MLK and the Westboro Baptist Church's Fred Phelps believed themselves to be devout Christians. Only those with agendas happen to accept this diversity for all faiths but speak of Islam as a monolith
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2. All world religions evolve. "Adaptation to modern times" is a process, not a final judgement. Religions whose believers & institutions enjoy full agency will adapt faster and better than religions whose believers & institutions have very little power over their affairs.
3. All world religions are broader than theology, and enconse themselves into lived culture in ways that cannot be easily separated. "Islam" is faith, but it's also culture.
4. While religions differ in their theology and in the metaphors they use to describe the transcendent, the spiritual experience is actually very similar (and deeply humanizing) across virtually all spiritual traditions and across time.
5. "Not all cultures are equal" is true, but is also a line commonly used by racists to make their racism sound more logical. Cultures evolve. If you're really interested in humanity you'd help the evolution along instead of using the current state to target a particular group.
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