08-17-2007, 03:15 AM
IMO:
The solution lies in the problem itself: Islam cannot tolerate Jesus as The One Way, and Christianity is not amused by Mohammed. At all. Both paths my be Abrahamic, but there is little common between them for practical purposes.
1. Once parts of the truth slowly grind its way out, "club religions" will not be able to get along all that well (not that they are getting along today).
2. Islam and Xtianity are making great efforts at keeping Hindus as well as their own flocks in the dark (to prevent anyone from asking questions).
The collapse will come, and it will be spectacular. But as long as booze sells, easy solutions will have a ready market waiting for them, ie hawking Xtianity/Islam will be easy. But *how* Xtian/Islamic those new converts remain beyond the inital week of conversion is something I look forward to following... <!--emo&
--><img src='style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/smile.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='smile.gif' /><!--endemo--> But if there is money to be made by getting converted, money will be made..In Mumbai we call it "Yeda banake peda khilaana"..
Meanwhile, assuming the truth keeps coming out at its present pace (and I cannot see how that pace can be decreased, indeed, I cannot see how that pace can be kept from increasing rather substantially), it is only a matter of time before milk becomes milk and water becomes water onlee..Look for more diluted converts who love Indian History (the real history, not the MacCaulay-written one), Yoga, etc. Dharma will absorb everyone, though people will cling to their labels for a while (old habits die hard)..and then there is the Law. (I know a Pakistani who hates PBUH with a venom that few possess, bar none. However, he cannot get rid of his Muslim name because of the monumental amounts of paperwork and time involved; he said as much when asked by Muslims).
The solution lies in the problem itself: Islam cannot tolerate Jesus as The One Way, and Christianity is not amused by Mohammed. At all. Both paths my be Abrahamic, but there is little common between them for practical purposes.
1. Once parts of the truth slowly grind its way out, "club religions" will not be able to get along all that well (not that they are getting along today).
2. Islam and Xtianity are making great efforts at keeping Hindus as well as their own flocks in the dark (to prevent anyone from asking questions).
The collapse will come, and it will be spectacular. But as long as booze sells, easy solutions will have a ready market waiting for them, ie hawking Xtianity/Islam will be easy. But *how* Xtian/Islamic those new converts remain beyond the inital week of conversion is something I look forward to following... <!--emo&
--><img src='style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/smile.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='smile.gif' /><!--endemo--> But if there is money to be made by getting converted, money will be made..In Mumbai we call it "Yeda banake peda khilaana"..Meanwhile, assuming the truth keeps coming out at its present pace (and I cannot see how that pace can be decreased, indeed, I cannot see how that pace can be kept from increasing rather substantially), it is only a matter of time before milk becomes milk and water becomes water onlee..Look for more diluted converts who love Indian History (the real history, not the MacCaulay-written one), Yoga, etc. Dharma will absorb everyone, though people will cling to their labels for a while (old habits die hard)..and then there is the Law. (I know a Pakistani who hates PBUH with a venom that few possess, bar none. However, he cannot get rid of his Muslim name because of the monumental amounts of paperwork and time involved; he said as much when asked by Muslims).