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MineralMan

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5. And yet, look what the Christian Right has been able to do here,

Reply to trotsky (Original post)

Wed Feb 13, 2019, 01:37 PM

Feb 2019

with only about 30-35% of the population. I give you Donald Trump as an example.

The problem is the fanatical nature of "true believers." They will do anything to get what they want. Turkey has struggled with this for many decades. Ultra religious Muslims exert enormous pressure on government, much like our fundamentalist Christians do here.

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Muslim Influence is Declining in Turkey [View all] trotsky Feb 2019 OP

I love Turkey, where you can see topless Europeans and comradebillyboy Feb 2019 #1

It doesn't take all that many fundamentalists to inject fundamentalism into public policy Major Nikon Feb 2019 #2

Thanks to the support and cover they get from the religious moderates... trotsky Feb 2019 #3

That and not enough others calling bullshit Major Nikon Feb 2019 #4

And yet, look what the Christian Right has been able to do here, MineralMan Feb 2019 #5

Good to see that theists are becomg more tolerant. guillaumeb Feb 2019 #6

Increased secularism will have that effect. n/t trotsky Feb 2019 #7

Except in China. guillaumeb Feb 2019 #9

#Whataboutism trotsky Feb 2019 #10

Stay on topic? guillaumeb Feb 2019 #11

Judging and dispensing eye-for-an-eye justice. trotsky Feb 2019 #12

I did not force you to post there. guillaumeb Feb 2019 #13

So it's OK what I posted, then? trotsky Feb 2019 #23

Actually in Turkey theists have become less tolerant. Voltaire2 Feb 2019 #14

Clearly that is exactly what you read. guillaumeb Feb 2019 #15

You do know that Edrogan is the head of Voltaire2 Feb 2019 #16

And you do know that: guillaumeb Feb 2019 #18

Yes sure whatever. Voltaire2 Feb 2019 #20

Yes, the 2% decline. guillaumeb Feb 2019 #22

So in summary the Turkish state is sliding Voltaire2 Feb 2019 #26

Yes. That's what's happening. MineralMan Feb 2019 #27

We are addressing 2 issues. guillaumeb Feb 2019 #29

You do not see any connection? Voltaire2 Feb 2019 #33

Apparently not. MineralMan Feb 2019 #34

Color you decisively refuted by the article. guillaumeb Feb 2019 #39

Not so. MineralMan Feb 2019 #40

Do you see Erdogan as the conservative pushback? guillaumeb Feb 2019 #38

No it shows the number of conservative Muslims is lower. Voltaire2 Feb 2019 #41

By a miniscule fraction. guillaumeb Feb 2019 #44

No poll can demonstrate that. Act_of_Reparation Feb 2019 #43

Been to Turkey, have you? MineralMan Feb 2019 #17

Marvelous. guillaumeb Feb 2019 #19

Wow. trotsky Feb 2019 #24

Unintended irony at its best. eom guillaumeb Feb 2019 #30

You awesome Christian, you. trotsky Feb 2019 #31

...metaphorically Major Nikon Feb 2019 #35

I strongly suspect that you meant this.... guillaumeb Feb 2019 #36

No, really. trotsky Feb 2019 #42

And, speaking of the firm doing the survey, guillaumeb Feb 2019 #21

Free time while serving at that base in Turkey was easy to come by. MineralMan Feb 2019 #25

So your quarrel with the survey is based on nothing? guillaumeb Feb 2019 #28

And yours is based on a single article. MineralMan Feb 2019 #32

An article that contradicted your claim. guillaumeb Feb 2019 #37

Thank Gawd! 😉 Duppers Feb 2019 #8