in my humble opinion, I think the ongoing waves of Islamic terrorism
is giving confidence to some Christian fundamentalist groups. I am
not writing very well on this since most are passing thoughts. I do
think that top people in the Catholic Church takes this as an
opportunity to reclaim the grounds they have lost in the past
decades. As the richest and most powerful religious activists and
lobbyists, they like to ensure that the Abrahamic faith is preserved
exactly in the way they preferred, disregarding that its doctrinal
foundation is shared by numerous religious denominations, all having
very diverse views of most of the issues. I think there is a
likelihood we see things coming round to a full circle, and it would
trigger a new renaissance, only this time it will be a worldwide
movement and most probably reduce religions to a bare social
institution.
The Buddhist stand on other religions is always embrace and respect,
and this discussion hardly leads us to anything we want to achieve.
So, I would suggest that we give the topic a rest, and resume our
normal activities.