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  • Posted by $ Maphesdus 10 years, 4 months ago
    "[...] the land in which Christ and Christianity were born is now the region boasting β€œthe lowest concentration of Christians in the world β€” just four percent of the population.” It will be three, and two, and one percent soon enough, for there is a totalitarian impulse in resurgent Islam β€” and not just in Araby."
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    Wait, wasn't Christ born in Bethlehem, a city in Israel? Correct me if I'm wrong, but isn't Israel a predominantly Jewish nation, not an Islamic one? If we're going to be talking about Christians being pushed out of Israel, wouldn't it be important to account for the fact that Israel's government (which doesn't have separation of church and state, by the way) consists entirely of Jewish leaders?

    Now if he's talking about other countries in the Middle-East besides Israel, then yeah, those are all Islamic. But if it's these other countries he's talking about, he shouldn't have referred to them as the land where "Christ and Christianity were born."

    But regardless, I'm sick of talking about this whole Duck Dynasty controversy anyway. A&E had already finished filming the newest season before Phil Robertson was suspended anyway, so he's still going to be featured in the show, and it's likely his probation will end before filming of the next season begins. So in the end, it's really not much of a probation after all.

    As for the whole "tolerating intolerance" thing, there's this:
    https://scontent-b.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-...

    And can we have this be the last topic anyone makes about Duck Dynasty, please? The whole controversy is just worn out... -.-
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