tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5592542.post6384644064556756133..comments2024-03-18T17:28:44.693-07:00Comments on Rondam Ramblings: Religion is not the problemRonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11752242624438232184noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5592542.post-35165207717761735702011-02-02T15:52:44.773-08:002011-02-02T15:52:44.773-08:00Oops. Not sure how the double comment happened!Oops. Not sure how the double comment happened!Brian Mnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5592542.post-38033019225548750402011-02-02T15:51:10.474-08:002011-02-02T15:51:10.474-08:00Great blog! Never commented here before but I did ...Great blog! Never commented here before but I did want to chime in with one comment: Germany and Adolph Hitler was not, in any way shape or form, "secular". Naziism was a religious, neo-pagan movement in many respects, and Hitler himself used religious language repeatedly. In Hitler's expressed opionion, he was doing God's work. "Gott Mit Uns" is not a secular Brian Mnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5592542.post-11071519902666956782011-02-02T15:50:52.445-08:002011-02-02T15:50:52.445-08:00Great blog! Never commented here before but I did ...Great blog! Never commented here before but I did want to chime in with one comment: Germany and Adolph Hitler was not, in any way shape or form, "secular". Naziism was a religious, neo-pagan movement in many respects, and Hitler himself used religious language repeatedly. In Hitler's expressed opionion, he was doing God's work. "Gott Mit Uns" is not a secular Brian Mnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5592542.post-372572778615596762011-01-08T09:36:13.584-08:002011-01-08T09:36:13.584-08:00> At some point, it becomes hard to avoid the c...> At some point, it becomes hard to avoid the conclusion that the common thread is Islam.<br /><br />Ah. But that is a very different assertion than your original thesis. "Religion" and "Islam" are not synonymous.<br /><br />> And now we have Pakistan (and, ok, Afghanistan too) with: no oil, no Arabs, no Persians.<br /><br />Pakghanistan may not have oil, but that Ronhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11752242624438232184noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5592542.post-37518853245201258882011-01-08T08:19:53.171-08:002011-01-08T08:19:53.171-08:00I agree with your religion/drug analogy, and I agr...I agree with your religion/drug analogy, and I agree that "just say no" is a failed approach to dealing with either.<br /><br />But there seems to be a thread of evil that runs through Islam. You ask whether geopolitics is the real issue. I just want to note the geopolitics from the last decade: Iran (oil, Persian), Iraq (oil, Arab), Bin Laden and Saudi Arabia (oil, Arab). And now weDon Geddishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14921093108555061757noreply@blogger.com