Conservatives Around the World Have Much in Common
I was just reading another post about how conservative Orthodox Jewish groups have essentially forced the Israeli distributors of the "Hunger Games" films to take the image of Jennifer Lawrence off of poster for the latest squeal in that film series because members of that sect have vandalized similar posters. I reminded me of this article:
Conservatives Around the World Have Much in Common
On the surface one could easily view a devout Muslim in Saudi Arabia and fundamentalist Christian in Georgia as polar opposites. How, one wonders, could they be more different? However, if you get below the surface of their belief systems and take into consideration their basic views of the world, you’ll find that they much in common.
We can start with the obvious, they are both likely to believe that their holy books, for the Christian the bible and for the Muslim the Koran, should be take literally, that every word ultimately came from the mouth of God. They are both likely to favor women in subservient roles. For instance women are unlikely to lead their religious services. They both believe that the rules of their religions should govern of how their societies should conduct themselves. Therefore neither is likely to be content to follow their religious rules themselves and let others go their own way. Both are likely to believe that everyone else should follow their religious rules as well they so push to have them incorporated into their government’s laws over the objections of others in their communities.
Devout Muslims are likely to believe that Sharia or Islamic law should replace the civil and criminal laws of their countries. Fundamentalist Christians in the United States find themselves restrained by the US Constitution which limits how much they can impose themselves on the civil liberties of others, but they try to still try to codify their religious rules into the judicial system whenever they can. Blue laws restricting shopping......
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