The word "Islam" doesn't appear once in this article. Quite an omission!
Of course (most) people aren't innately evil, that's ridiculous. But you point the finger at systemic environmental causes, such as oppression, or material conditions. You utterly ignore learned ideas.
You seem to think that the girl in Gaza hates Israelis because they make her life miserable. Do you really think that? It is patently obvious to me she hates Israelis because she was taught to hate Israelis. Children have no idea which great powers are affecting their lives. They simply parrot whatever they're told.
Up until very recently, the vast majority of people believed the religion of their parents. Read - obviously false views, transmitted generation after generation for thousands of years. Is that because of material conditions? Poverty?
Americans support liberalism because that's how they're raised. Others oppose liberalism because that's how they're raised. And the war is a war of ideas.
The word "Islam" doesn't appear once in this article. Quite an omission!
Of course (most) people aren't innately evil, that's ridiculous. But you point the finger at systemic environmental causes, such as oppression, or material conditions. You utterly ignore learned ideas.
You seem to think that the girl in Gaza hates Israelis because they make her life miserable. Do you really think that? It is patently obvious to me she hates Israelis because she was taught to hate Israelis. Children have no idea which great powers are affecting their lives. They simply parrot whatever they're told.
Up until very recently, the vast majority of people believed the religion of their parents. Read - obviously false views, transmitted generation after generation for thousands of years. Is that because of material conditions? Poverty?
Americans support liberalism because that's how they're raised. Others oppose liberalism because that's how they're raised. And the war is a war of ideas.