tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2197051945822486684.post6524859388968696799..comments2024-03-29T18:17:34.956+11:00Comments on Thinking Out Aloud: Black boxes, the rectification of names and the revival of slaveryLorenzohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00305933404442191098noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2197051945822486684.post-43431504885688636232024-01-18T15:27:48.485+11:002024-01-18T15:27:48.485+11:00Lovedd reading this thank youLovedd reading this thank youMason Phelpshttps://masonphelpps.wordpress.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2197051945822486684.post-32659934444506706322015-12-22T23:33:52.996+11:002015-12-22T23:33:52.996+11:00Thanks for the kind words. Scott Adams is often th...Thanks for the kind words. Scott Adams is often thought provoking, but I would distinguish between the motivation of recruits and the movement as a project. On the long-run prospects for Islam, there are a range of tendencies at war within Islam, and we really cannot tell which will win or to what degree. But the issue is much more fraught than many people are prepared to acknowledge.Lorenzohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00305933404442191098noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2197051945822486684.post-67870854635684488502015-12-16T13:59:29.141+11:002015-12-16T13:59:29.141+11:00I love to read your writing and often wish I had t...I love to read your writing and often wish I had the intellectual chops to perform at the same level. Scott Adams keyed into the sexual frustration angle, though from a less scholarly direction. http://blog.dilbert.com/post/133468720601/which-interpretation-of-daesh-is-right<br /><br />Reading your article does not give me much hope that we will ultimately avoid a religious war with Islam. Do you believe that the trend is towards continuing modernization of Islamic thought or are we dealing with a regression towards a more fundamentalist mindset that will continue to bring conflict to the non-Islamic world?Attempting to be a Skeptical Thinkerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00080931431026682991noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2197051945822486684.post-79061876326448938362015-12-01T09:18:47.472+11:002015-12-01T09:18:47.472+11:00That is the doctrinal core, yes. How much any par...That is the doctrinal core, yes. How much any particular person of Muslim heritage buys into it in any serious way, whole other question.Lorenzohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00305933404442191098noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2197051945822486684.post-1074756406043095242015-11-29T16:38:41.404+11:002015-11-29T16:38:41.404+11:00Interesting. So Islam is a religion of peace in th...Interesting. So Islam is a religion of peace in the same way that communism is a political ideology of peace? Meaning, once the prescribed discordant elements in society are either muted or eliminated, harmony (peace) will prevail. John_Hnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2197051945822486684.post-20424687424345541912015-11-28T09:47:29.169+11:002015-11-28T09:47:29.169+11:00My pleasure and thanks :)My pleasure and thanks :)Lorenzohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00305933404442191098noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2197051945822486684.post-90067078294311719752015-11-27T14:46:39.031+11:002015-11-27T14:46:39.031+11:00Thanks for linking to my blog, Lorenzo. I was so i...Thanks for linking to my blog, Lorenzo. I was so impressed by one of your posts today that I immediately started reading your blog, as well.pithomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13997094225496018110noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2197051945822486684.post-53430192030321119962015-11-25T00:33:45.120+11:002015-11-25T00:33:45.120+11:00Well, yes but that leads to all sorts of contested...Well, yes but that leads to all sorts of contested definitions. Is a country with a Muslim majority necessarily under "Islamic rule" for example? And it is not all that common in English usage.Lorenzohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00305933404442191098noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2197051945822486684.post-91336313710924177582015-11-24T15:25:24.648+11:002015-11-24T15:25:24.648+11:00The usual term for the territory under Islamic rul...The usual term for the territory under Islamic rule is "Dar al Islam." David Friedmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06543763515095867595noreply@blogger.com