Comments on: Turkey strives for 21st century form of Islam http://www.dvorak.org/blog/2008/02/29/turkey-strives-for-21st-century-form-of-islam/ General interest observations and true web-log. Mon, 13 Feb 2012 00:19:31 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Rick Cain http://www.dvorak.org/blog/2008/02/29/turkey-strives-for-21st-century-form-of-islam/comment-page-1/#comment-1020091 Rick Cain Sat, 01 Mar 2008 22:57:50 +0000 http://www.dvorak.org/blog/?p=16303#comment-1020091 The only way to adapt religion to a modern age is to jettison it into space and hope it dies from lack of oxygen. We didn't go to the moon because of the bible, we went to the moon because a lot of people wondered what was up there and didn't care about religious leaders threats to "quit worrying the moon and give us money". The only way to adapt religion to a modern age is to jettison it into space and hope it dies from lack of oxygen.

We didn’t go to the moon because of the bible, we went to the moon because a lot of people wondered what was up there and didn’t care about religious leaders threats to “quit worrying the moon and give us money”.

]]> By: gregallen http://www.dvorak.org/blog/2008/02/29/turkey-strives-for-21st-century-form-of-islam/comment-page-1/#comment-1019286 gregallen Sat, 01 Mar 2008 05:14:43 +0000 http://www.dvorak.org/blog/?p=16303#comment-1019286 C'mon you cynics! You damn Muslims for being backwards and you mock their efforts to modernize. Lots of Muslims think Islam desperately needs a reformation and who knows where it will come from. Maybe Turkey. C’mon you cynics! You damn Muslims for being backwards and you mock their efforts to modernize.

Lots of Muslims think Islam desperately needs a reformation and who knows where it will come from. Maybe Turkey.

]]> By: JimR http://www.dvorak.org/blog/2008/02/29/turkey-strives-for-21st-century-form-of-islam/comment-page-1/#comment-1018981 JimR Sat, 01 Mar 2008 01:47:05 +0000 http://www.dvorak.org/blog/?p=16303#comment-1018981 mmmmm..... turrrrrkey. mmmmm….. turrrrrkey.

]]> By: MikeN http://www.dvorak.org/blog/2008/02/29/turkey-strives-for-21st-century-form-of-islam/comment-page-1/#comment-1018937 MikeN Sat, 01 Mar 2008 00:34:07 +0000 http://www.dvorak.org/blog/?p=16303#comment-1018937 Erdogan isn't modernizing and mildly Islamic, his party is Islamic and mildly modernizing. Erdogan isn’t modernizing and mildly Islamic, his party is Islamic and mildly modernizing.

]]> By: Canucklehead http://www.dvorak.org/blog/2008/02/29/turkey-strives-for-21st-century-form-of-islam/comment-page-1/#comment-1018883 Canucklehead Fri, 29 Feb 2008 23:33:37 +0000 http://www.dvorak.org/blog/?p=16303#comment-1018883 Islam in the 21st century. Isn't that an oxymoron? Islam in the 21st century. Isn’t that an oxymoron?

]]> By: OmegaMan http://www.dvorak.org/blog/2008/02/29/turkey-strives-for-21st-century-form-of-islam/comment-page-1/#comment-1018777 OmegaMan Fri, 29 Feb 2008 20:58:36 +0000 http://www.dvorak.org/blog/?p=16303#comment-1018777 We need to send our troops there, <i>or have them leave the bases in Turkey</i>, and retake Istanbul! Once done we can rename it Constantinople! We need to send our troops there, or have them leave the bases in Turkey, and retake Istanbul! Once done we can rename it Constantinople!

]]> By: Ron Larson http://www.dvorak.org/blog/2008/02/29/turkey-strives-for-21st-century-form-of-islam/comment-page-1/#comment-1018734 Ron Larson Fri, 29 Feb 2008 20:09:59 +0000 http://www.dvorak.org/blog/?p=16303#comment-1018734 About friggn time. Good luck with that. About friggn time. Good luck with that.

]]> By: RBG http://www.dvorak.org/blog/2008/02/29/turkey-strives-for-21st-century-form-of-islam/comment-page-1/#comment-1018732 RBG Fri, 29 Feb 2008 20:07:33 +0000 http://www.dvorak.org/blog/?p=16303#comment-1018732 BTW, how did things work out when all Muslims agreed on all things Islamic except the successor to Muhammed(pbuh)? RBG BTW, how did things work out when all Muslims agreed on all things Islamic except the successor to Muhammed(pbuh)?

RBG

]]> By: hhopper http://www.dvorak.org/blog/2008/02/29/turkey-strives-for-21st-century-form-of-islam/comment-page-1/#comment-1018680 hhopper Fri, 29 Feb 2008 19:06:12 +0000 http://www.dvorak.org/blog/?p=16303#comment-1018680 It is guaranteed that someone will always yell PHOTOSHOPPED on any good photo. It is guaranteed that someone will always yell PHOTOSHOPPED on any good photo.

]]> By: Improbus http://www.dvorak.org/blog/2008/02/29/turkey-strives-for-21st-century-form-of-islam/comment-page-1/#comment-1018538 Improbus Fri, 29 Feb 2008 16:37:22 +0000 http://www.dvorak.org/blog/?p=16303#comment-1018538 So they go from a scary religion to a less scary religion. BFD. Their culture is still back asswords. So they go from a scary religion to a less scary religion. BFD. Their culture is still back asswords.

]]> By: Pmitchell http://www.dvorak.org/blog/2008/02/29/turkey-strives-for-21st-century-form-of-islam/comment-page-1/#comment-1018506 Pmitchell Fri, 29 Feb 2008 16:03:13 +0000 http://www.dvorak.org/blog/?p=16303#comment-1018506 well hopefully, finally Islam has gotten their Marin Luther who will nail his new treatise to the door of the mosque and lead them into the 20th century ( to much to hope for the 21st ) well hopefully, finally Islam has gotten their Marin Luther who will nail his new treatise to the door of the mosque and lead them into the 20th century ( to much to hope for the 21st )

]]> By: pedro http://www.dvorak.org/blog/2008/02/29/turkey-strives-for-21st-century-form-of-islam/comment-page-1/#comment-1018478 pedro Fri, 29 Feb 2008 15:33:32 +0000 http://www.dvorak.org/blog/?p=16303#comment-1018478 #4 great photo? is a photoshop hack of a job #4 great photo? is a photoshop hack of a job

]]> By: Peter iNova http://www.dvorak.org/blog/2008/02/29/turkey-strives-for-21st-century-form-of-islam/comment-page-1/#comment-1018463 Peter iNova Fri, 29 Feb 2008 15:11:41 +0000 http://www.dvorak.org/blog/?p=16303#comment-1018463 Mirror fog. Always a good source of interesting images. Mirror fog. Always a good source of interesting images.

]]> By: Eideard http://www.dvorak.org/blog/2008/02/29/turkey-strives-for-21st-century-form-of-islam/comment-page-1/#comment-1018459 Eideard Fri, 29 Feb 2008 15:09:17 +0000 http://www.dvorak.org/blog/?p=16303#comment-1018459 #4 - click through to the article and, voila, there it is. #4 – click through to the article and, voila, there it is.

]]> By: kempie http://www.dvorak.org/blog/2008/02/29/turkey-strives-for-21st-century-form-of-islam/comment-page-1/#comment-1018449 kempie Fri, 29 Feb 2008 15:00:05 +0000 http://www.dvorak.org/blog/?p=16303#comment-1018449 This is a great photo. Where is the credit for it? This is a great photo. Where is the credit for it?

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