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Entry: Dhimmis on the Thames Link: http://www.takimag.com/blogs/article/dhimmis_on_the_thames#16995 Post contents: John, You may be overlooking a lesson repeated time after time in history: religions thrive by mild persecution, while they start decaying as soon as they get into power. Governments' financial support has been particularly lethal for religions -- The Church of England is one example of this phenomenon. Applying this observation in practise: how would effective ability to enforce Sharia influence the number of Moslems in Canada? Look at my comment on Raimondo's today's blog post for what may be the most effective way to deal with religious people. An example of this approach: to my knowledge, Islam does have the concept of humility. This raises intriguing possibilities for an exchange of ideas on what exactly it means to be humble. (The same debate I suggest starting with hard-line Evangelical Protestants.) There are very positive traits in the morals of many religions -- note that I see Protestantism as just the strictest branch of medieval Catholicism. The problem is that religions have time after time lost sight of these ideals. Dispensationalists are are the most recent example of this phenomenon. Sent at: 2008 07 06