[QUOTE="BossPerson"][QUOTE="kingkong0124"] Religions of the Abrahamic tradition are based on peace and love. Islam really is just a b*st*rdization of the previous two, although I strongly commend their beliefs in Jesus, Moses, etc. kingkong0124
oh go f*ck yourselfLooking from a completely objective standpoint, we can compare Christian/Jewish countries to Islamic countries. Apart from a few countries (Turkey, UAE, etc.) we can see the degree to which each society has progressed..In almost all cases, Christian/Jewish countries value human rights more. These differences are based on culture/religion. If you don't agree with this point that's fine, just have a reasonable reply, unlike something like "f yourself"..
They are absolutely not based upon religion. They are in spite of religion.
The two primary factors that are the bedrock of western legal/rights development are:
The ascendancy of Parliament over Kings, most exemplified by the Glorious Revolution,
The ascendancy of the Rule of Law which also took off after the Glorious Revolution and ultimately led to the US Constitution
Ironically the Glorious Revolution came to be in part because of religious in-fighting:lol:
The problem with a considerable part of the Islamic world has nothing to do with their religion, per se. It has everything to do with never throwing off the shackles of kings and despots and never allowing the Rule of Law to flourish. Our societies have effectively put religion into a box. Just as we have put kings and despots into a box. And we have adopted a goverance and legal system that explicitly deals with those two problems.
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