Islam, At The Moment, Is The Motherlode

According To The Most Common Interpretation Of Biblical Prophecy, Jesus Will Return Only After Things Have Gone Horribly Awry. Imagine The Consequences If Any Significant Component Of The U.s. Government Believed That The World Was About To End And That Its Ending Would Be Glorious. The Fact That Nearly Half Of The American Population Apparently Believes This Should Be Considered A Moral And Intellectual Emergency.

The Truth That We Must Finally Confront Is That Islam Contains Specific Notions Of Martyrdom And Jihad That Fully Explain The Character Of Muslim Violence.

You Cannot Take Death For Apostasy Seriously And Be Working For Peace.

The Moral Landscape Is The Framework I Use For Thinking About Questions Of Morality And Human Values In Universal Terms.

The Same Comparison Holds True Within The United States Itself: Southern And Midwestern States, Characterized By The Highest Levels Of Religious Literalism, Are Especially Plagued By [high Rates Of Homicide, Abortion, Teen Pregnancy, Sexually Transmitted Disease, And Infant Mortality], While The Comparatively Secular States Of The Northeast Conform To European Standards.