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| The idea that religion and politics should be seperate dates back almost to the beginnings of Christianity |
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| Wrestling with the problem of church an state is a uniquely Christian phenomenon |
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| The world has numerous religions that have the potential to battle on a world wide scale |
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| F - only Christian and Islam |
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| Irans hostility towards the west emantes impart from its ancient Zorasrian religion of a cosmic clash of good and evil |
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| The classical Muslim view divides the world into two spheres the house of Islam and the house of war |
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| Muslims resent the fact that the west has always been superior and a threat to Islam |
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| The mslim is bothere by the loss of authority in his own country, even his own family, but is enraged by the loss of muslim worldwide denominations |
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| Muslims have been facinated by America |
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| Many muslims attitudes towards the US were borrowed from the europeans who hated the US |
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| The most frequently adduced* for anti american feeling among muslims is American support for Israel |
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| Many places in the world have been guilty of slavery, tyranny and exploitation but the west has been esp. grievious in the practice of these |
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| Americans peculiarity with regard to slavvry was not its existence but its abolition |
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| Muslims believe they are being rulvd by infidels bcuz of terrible sins they have committed in the past |
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| Muslims demand rights in western countries they do not extend to othvrs in their own country |
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| Muslims do not riseu p and oppose Russian oppression of muslims bcuz they respect russian religious traditions |
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| Muslims espesh resent the west bcuz it provides an attractive alternative to their traditonal way of life |
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| Muslims resent the west in part due to a feeling of humiliation |
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| Islam is not inherently violent |
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| The outcome of this great struggle will be determined by how the west decided to treat muslim peoples. |
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| We must achieve a better undestanding of the religion of others but also a better understanding of our own |
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| Who wrote " The Muslims rage?" |
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| Who wrote " end of dreams, return of history?" |
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| Kagen arguvs the world is becoming normal again in that thv samv old nationalistic ambitions are coming to the forefront |
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| The world is less hopeful today bcuz of the reckless adventurism of the Bush administration |
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| For the past 50 years americans have been uneasy about being a world superpower |
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| Americaas power remain the cheif enemy of stability in the world |
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| China is the only power in thv world, othvr than the US to be engagvd in a long-tvrm military build up |
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| the Iraq war has produced a dramatic change in how the worlds major powvrs view the US |
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| If the us continuvs spending on its military at the current rate it will bankrupt the nation |
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| Compared to any plausible altvrnative in the real world Am. power is the most likely force to prevent a major war |
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| The chinese do not share the post modern view the power is passe |
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| Nations and movements flex military muscle because they yern for respect |
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| While americans air power increases her naval power is diminishing |
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| International order does not rvst on ideas and instituions but on configurations of power |
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| The key to peace in many regions of the world is the withdrawl of the maerican military presence |
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| The leaders of China and Russia believe autocracy is beter for their nations than democarcy |
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| In spite of their domestic policies China and Russia can be counted on as allies in combating third world dictators |
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| Its no longer poissible to speak of an "international community" |
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| The united nations as an international peace-keeping body is near paralysis |
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| The US would be wasting its time if it spent much effort on promoting democarcy around the world |
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| The traditionalist within the islamic world cannot win no matter what tactic they use |
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| It is a waste of time and money for the US to continue its "war on terrorism" |
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| Who wrote " A special moment in history" |
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| In the last 150yrs the amount of food we grow has gone uup fastvr than population growth |
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| Bcuz we live in a spvcial moment vach of us should considvr having just one child |
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| World population will stop growing in the next fvw decades |
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| If thv fertility of thv past fvw rs remained constant in 150 yrs we would rvach the absurd population of 296 billion |
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| Figuiring out the carrying capacity of earth is a matter of simple scientific calculation |
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| For nvarly 3 thousand years experts have been predicting the earth would run out of food |
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| In 1798 Thomas Malthus correctly predicted the demise of human resources |
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| There are specialist today who argue that population growth is a good thing |
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| 20% of the worlds pop lacks access to portable water |
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| World Grain production continues to go up and up |
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| Weather is far more erratic and extreme today than it was just a few decades ago |
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| If you want to scare yourself with guesses about what may happen in the near future theres no shortage of possiblities |
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| In reality, americans use little more energy than the average third world villager |
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| economic growht in the third world has ground to a halt |
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| President Clinton kept his pledge to keep greenhouse emissions constant |
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| It is impossible to imagine ten billion ppl consuming at our level |
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| It is easier to change fertility than lifestyle |
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| Who wrote "The ends of the world as we know them" |
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| Americans are increasingly divided about where we are going as a nation |
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| History warns us that when once-pwrful societivs collapse they do so quickly and unexpectedly |
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| Diamond seeks to lvarn from history lessons that can prevent Am collapse |
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| Diamond finds five interacting factors that lead to historical collapse one of which is climate change |
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| Diamond closely examines the fall of rome and the british empire |
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| Japan learned in the 1600's that her isolation made it obvious she would have to depend on her own resoures |
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| one of the major lessons we take from history is to take enviromental problems seriously. |
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| A society contains a built in blueprint for failure if the elite insolates itself from the consequences of its actions |
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| Societies must examine core values when they no longer make sense |
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| Hummanities biggest problems today are entirely of our own making |
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| China is adding another whole US worth of coal consumption every 3 years |
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| the worlds poor ppl burn carbon bcuz its in easy reach |
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| The US must control the global supply of carbon |
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| 80% ofo the worlds oil rvserves are owned by allies of the US |
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| The US must control the global demand for carbon |
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| The Us is the worlds biggest emitter of greenhouses gas |
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| Humanity is not going to reduce global emissions at any point in the foreseeable future |
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| the best hope for reducing greenhouse gases is to buy the co-operation of poor countries |
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| Meeting NYC's totaly energy demand would require 50,000 windmills. |
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| The nuclear accident at three mile island killed 8 ppl |
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| Green anti-nuclear activist have unwittingly boosted US coal consumption by 400 million tons a yvar |
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| Carbon Free energy alternates fail bcuz they are they are so expensive |
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| The best way to cut dependence on foreign oil to to burn more coal |
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| What are four main questions in the global warming debate? |
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1. Is it happening?
2. Is it caused by humans?
3. Is it harmful?
4. What can be done about it? |
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| Burning more coal would ironically cause us to burn less carbon |
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| California has led the way in using alternative sources at energy |
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| The suggestion that we can lift ourselves out of the economic doldrums by spending lavishly and new sources of enefry is absurd |
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| When anti-carbon forces encounter inconvient truth they ratchet up their apocalyptic rhetoric |
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| Using Land and forests differently will play little role in carbon emissions |
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| Building green bridges to no where makes things worse, not better |
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| The world is approaching the time when national govt will no longer have a monopoly on weapons of mass destruction |
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| Political leaders are reluctant to voice sensible solution to the of terrorism |
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| It is imperative that we identify and destory all terrorist threats |
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| Airport screening is an expensive waste of time |
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| Airplanvs are the easiest targets for terrosrist |
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| Wyoming recieves more money per capita than California in the fight against terrorist |
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| The US govt has spent billions of dollars in trying to assess and understanding the muslim mind |
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| Muslims strongly resent amvrican support of Israel |
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| For many muslims "Justice" is more important that liberty |
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| The fact that we purchase huge amounts of oil from the middle east has helped us with many muslims |
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| We should set up a study program that would bring a hood of young muslims to study in the US |
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| Not keeping track of "loose nukes" is the worst govt failure of modern times |
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| Nuclear weapons are not all that hard to obtain |
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| Nuclear weapons are hard to build bcuz most terrorist do not have access to the necessary level of technological expertise |
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| "The west and the rest: Intercivilzatnal Issues" is written by |
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| 1. The central problem in relations to the West and the rest is America’s efforts to promote universal Western culture and its declining ability to do so |
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| Th United States has always been a missionary nation |
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| Islamic and Chinese civilizations have more in common with each other than with the West |
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| It is unlikely terrorists will ever secure nuclear weapons |
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| Muslim states get their weapons primarily from Europe. |
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| The United States has been constantly instant that China improve her human rights record |
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| The best bet for the spread of human rights is the United Nations |
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| 8. The export of people was perhaps the single most important dimension of the rise of the West over the past 400 years |
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| In France the word “immigrant” is synonymous with “Muslim |
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| European societies either don’t want to assimilate immigrants or are having trouble doing so. |
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| Relations btw civilizations are becoming increasingly cordial out of necessity |
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| Actual military conflict btw the US and China is extremely unlikely |
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| It is important to distinguish btw mainline Muslims and Islamic extremists |
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| Europeans have no room for hostility toward Islam since they have never been seriously threatened by Muslims |
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| Muslims attack the West, not because it’s Christian, but because it is secular |
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| The economic changes in Asia are one of the most significant developments in the world over the past fifty years |
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| Commercial interchange in invariably a force for peace |
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| China is not another bug player---it is the biggest player in the history of man |
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| Japan is a uniquely non-Western country |
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| War btw China and Taiwan is a very likely possibility |
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| When the US attacked Saddan in the first gulf war we were widely applauded in the Arab world. |
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| A “Fault Line” war is a conflict between different civilizations |
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| A fault line conflict is rarely totally extinguished except through genocide |
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| A fault line war is usually btw ppl of the same religion |
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| Muslims are often involved in fault line wars but no more than any other religion |
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| One reason for Muslim violence in recent years is a change in the demographic balance. |
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| Ironically, Islam began as a religion of peace |
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| Even with more Christianity, Islam is an “absolutist” faith |
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| The rise of the new global Christianity will have tremendous impact on the world |
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| Peaceful immigrants greatly outnumber the worlds largest armed forces |
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| White religious conservatives in the North fear the “browning” of Christianity just as much as secular whites |
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| The Roman Catholic Church is conservative because it has such a huge third-world constituency. |
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| If the Roman Catholic Church does not accept the religious views of Western elites it is doomed |
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| Africa and Asia are highly conservative on moral and sexual issues |
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| Abortion is legal in most of Africa |
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| Southerners accuse Northern liberals of selling out to secularism and paganism |
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| The Anglican Mission in America serves under the Bishop of Singapore |
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| Black churches will never make inroads into white European population |
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| Looking at the ways Christianity is now developing tells us a great deal about the religion. |
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| We can not predict the future because we have essentially no info on how the world will look in fifty years |
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| The Roman Catholic Church has the fewest resources where it needs them most |
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| Brazil, a predominately Catholic country, has more Protestant pastors than priests |
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| As the 21st century rolls along look for Christianity and Islam to decline in numbers and influence |
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| The New Christendom, for the most part, look like the old |
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| Christianity will continue to be by far the largest religion in existence |
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| Teaching about Christianity would be a wonderful way to teach diversity |
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| Most Christians in the world are relatively rich. |
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| New southern churches read the Bible in a wholly different way from northerners |
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| Christianity is flourishing among the poor and atrophying among the rich |
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| Christianity has a breathtaking ability to transform weakness into strength |
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