re: #16 ralphieboy

These people are also convinced that America will collapse if it falls out of Grace with the Lord. This is how they reconcile their Dominionism with Patriotism.

Surprisingly enough this is the Islamist’s argument. By accepting ‘Western practices’ the umma has fallen out of favor with Allah. It’s why the Taliban gets so crazy about things like beard length, dress codes, women’s ‘places’ etc. Once the umma acts according to ‘Islamic principles Allah will restore His favor and Islam will rule the world.

What you resist, you become as the old Taoist saying goes.