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  • MEC: Disparity Driven Resentment?

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    Part Seven of Everything Must Change (Chapters 27 to 30) deals with the equity system. I'm not going into as much detail here as with the prosperity system, but I want to highlight a few key points. … As we’ve seen, then, the prosperity system produces some insiders who prosper quickly, leaving others farther and…

  • The battle of the books

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    The Economist: The battle of the books The business of marketing the Bible and the Koran says a lot about the state of modern Christianity and Islam. CHRISTIANS and Muslims have one striking thing in common: they are both “people of the book”. And they both have an obligation to spread the Word—to get those…

  • Muslims and the pope

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    From the Economist: Muslims and the pope “WELL, it was time somebody spoke up, wasn't it?” Quite a few Westerners, by no means all of them Christians or fans of the Vatican, will have muttered something like that as they watched Pope Benedict touring Turkey and speaking up for the rights of Christians and other…

  • Al-Qaeda threatens Jihad Over Pope’s Remarks

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    From the London Times: Al-Qaeda threatens jihad over Pope's remarks An Iraqi militant group led by al-Qaeda has threatened to massacre Christians in response to remarks about Islam by Pope Benedict XVI that have caused offence across the Muslim world. ….. Today an internet statement by the Mujahideen Shura Council, an umbrella group led by…

  • The despicable New York Times

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    From Rod Dreher at Crunchy Con: The despicable New York Times (About the Pope's Remarks) What, not the least concern over the disturbing fact that Muslim mobs around the world have taken to the streets in full-throated protest against the mere words of the Pope in a long, scholarly lecture spent mostly castigating the West?…

  • Pope Benedict creates international furor with remarks on Islam

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    From the Christian Science Monitor: Pope Benedict creates international furor with remarks on Islam. The article has links to a number of stories. Roman Catholic Pope Benedict XVI returned to Rome Thursday from his home country of Germany, and was greeted an increasing international furor over remarks he made about "historical Muslim violence." The Times…