Subject: | |
From: | |
Date: | Fri Mar 31 17:19:23 2006 |
Content-Type: | text/plain |
Parts/Attachments: |
|
|
Stark himself, it appears, and perhaps some of the
contributors to this thread, write as though religious
competition is like a footrace, where the athletes
begin at the same starting line.
Of course, Christianity and Islam had very different
starting points and the leading actors in each sought
to establish themselves under very different economic,
social, cultural, and political conditions.
It occurs to me that, given another 600 years to
develop without being harassed by the Christians, an
even "better capitalism" might have developed from an
Islamic tradition. Or if Islam was not inhibited
earlier by an already developed religion and later by
the technology produced mostly through capitalism,
perhaps the finish line of a "victory of reason" would
have been reached sooner as well.
Pat Gunning
|
|
|