QUOTE(Blofeld @ Feb 22 2017, 08:11 AM)
Both have violence history.
But I'm referring to the very foundation of the religion where one was developed based on love and forgiveness. The other one is filled with wars and conquests right from the start.
So, it takes time for a religion to mature (going through the Middle Ages and the Renaissance) for the ppl to look back at the very foundation of the religion where it is based on love and forgiveness.
Hence, I wonder if the religious followers could mature to become liberal (consistently) if the very foundation is not liberal in the first place.
Therefore, there's a reason why the Golden Age of Islam (a time when things were more liberal) fell out.
Realistically speaking, you cant expect each one of them to change but the majority of them changing is still a good outcome.But I'm referring to the very foundation of the religion where one was developed based on love and forgiveness. The other one is filled with wars and conquests right from the start.
So, it takes time for a religion to mature (going through the Middle Ages and the Renaissance) for the ppl to look back at the very foundation of the religion where it is based on love and forgiveness.
Hence, I wonder if the religious followers could mature to become liberal (consistently) if the very foundation is not liberal in the first place.
Therefore, there's a reason why the Golden Age of Islam (a time when things were more liberal) fell out.
Even dislodging the clergy from its influence will yield results.