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Originally Posted by kerry edwards
Yes, I was excluding much of the Muslim world. I think part of the conflict between Islam and the west is over precisely the death of religion in the West and the life of religion in Islam. Is religion in the Muslim world just on life support, extending its life beyond its natural limit, or is it really a viable modern social, political, legal, scientific, metaphysical institution?
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I'd say that depends on one's perspective. My perspective is that all religious institution falls beyond those bounds, but I don't think that's a very important point. Since when was religion held up to a litmus test of legal and scientific scrutiny? If enough practitioners participate and believe it is viable, then it's viable to them. The rest of the world be damned.