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Old 10-26-2004, 08:40 AM   #5 (permalink)
tarek
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What the authors have infact tried to do is point out the danger of the millenarian mindset and that such as mind set is not exclusive to muslims and Islam.

The authors do not make a comparison of virtues of millenarians among muslims and christians, other than to point out the danger of such a mind set, particularly for those for whom millenarian prophesies present a existential threat.

A critique of the message and not the messengers is appropriate. Are you arguing for a millenarian mindset? Ought policy be influenced by such a mind set? If yes, what beef can you have with the millenarian outlook of extremists from other religions who seek a "final conflict" to cleanse the world??
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