[extropy-chat] Arthur C. Clarke and Islam [was riots in france]

[Joseph Bloch]

One wonders when they _weren't_ "behaving like Christians". Conquering 
other lands, forcibly converting non-believers, killing those who don't 
comply, forcing non-believers into degrading behaviors, etc. etc.

Joseph

Olga Bourlin wrote:

> *From:* Dirk Bruere <mailto:dirk.bruere at gmail.com>
> *Sent:* Saturday, November 05, 2005 5:25 PM
> *Subject:* Re: [extropy-chat] riots in france
> > More succinctly, Moslems don't integrate and still want the fruits 
> of integration.
> > It's trouble that is only going to get worse.
> Recently I ran into some discussions about sci-fi, Arthur C. Clarke, 
> and his comments on Islam.
>  
> *"Clarke:* Though I sometimes call myself a crypto-Buddhist, Buddhism 
> is not a religion. Of those around at the moment, Islam is the only 
> one that has any appeal to me. But, of course, Islam has been tainted 
> by other influences. The Muslims are behaving like Christians, I'm 
> afraid.":
>  
> http://www.secularhumanism.org/index.php?section=library&page=clarke_19_2 
> <http://www.secularhumanism.org/index.php?section=library&page=clarke_19_2>
>  
> and this:
>  
> http://www.cs.rit.edu/~maa2454/SCIFI/sci_lit.html 
> <http://www.cs.rit.edu/%7Emaa2454/SCIFI/sci_lit.html>
>  
> Olga
>
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