DirtyP2002 said:
Christian / Western values have changed and evolved over the years. Islamist values did not. The Islamist values did not evolve like the Western / Christians. That is the whole point. Merkel wants them to accept these western / christian standards without losing their religion. Right now we have areas, where only a handful of people speak German, women wear the burca and minorities are not welcome. Remember: Germans are a minority in these areas as well. So as a German you are not welcome in some parts of Germany. Scary thought, right? |
And what of the Dr. murdered for practicing abortion? What of Timothy Mcvagh (sp?) who could easily have been labeled a christian terrorist?
The direct values of a religion or western culture are a direct result of the actions done in their names. What of western values such as strip clubs? What about legalized drugs in parts of Europe?
I know from first hand experience plenty of young women in college who still live and grew up in muslim homes who have more dating rights than women in strict christian homes of similar age.
The problem is essentially you want to label huge groups of people and locations with such a broad stroke and it simply cannot be done as proven throughout history. Broad strokes lead to extrapolation which is unjust in eithe rpositive or negative terms. Values should be taken at face value on individual human merit rather than lumping "islam hasnt evolved" and "christian values have evolved"
For a decent discussion of this you have to understand that the largest sect of christianity, the catholic church, was responsible for one of the largest cover ups of child molestation by its priests and still to this day refuses to acknowledge its wrongdoings and protection of the violators. On the other hand Islam is treated less as a "group" and more of an interperatation of law, which is why there are various groups who abuse its law and teaching to further its goals of terror and fundamentalism. You simply cannot have a debate on "christian values" and "islamic values" and also ignore these facts.








