Favouring Democracy over Tyranny
WALLACE TOM Jr. (2015) Refuting Islam, The Christian Patriots Guide to Exposing the Evils of Islam, Bellingham, Fundamental Publishers.
The book review continues...
Chapter Two: The Appeasers
Barbary Pirate Wars
Mr. Wallace opines that America has tried appeasement with Islam previously. (18). He lists some historical examples of political dealings between America and Islamic nations and reasons that the appeasement of Islam only delays inevitable war. (18-19).
However, I would opine that at this time in history with the United States of America having the most powerful military in world history, this makes the NATO alliance the most powerful on the planet. Accepting the existence of Islamic terrorism which includes suicide attacks as a tool of terror, it is still true that the power of the United States of America and NATO does deter an Islamic nation from making war.
I stated in the last review of this text in regard to Shariah, dated December 8:
'An argument that inevitably this will expand to cover criminal law, or all laws of a nation, if there is an Islamic majority (or significant minority) in population, depends on one reasoning that Westernized Muslims in Western countries will embrace Shariah, as opposed to secularism and secular law. Shariah law and Islam is definitely and definitively very religious and Western secularism is (of course) definitely and definitively secular.
At this point, I do not see the West in any form becoming anything other than more secular, but I am open-minded....
Again, as noted in previous reviews, time will tell.'
Driving home from work last evening, I listened to Fortress of Faith, which is Mr. Wallace's fifteen minute radio broadcast (KARI: Blaine, Washington). He made an informative and interesting presentation on (paraphrased) why Islam cannot accept democracy.
Within Christianity and Islam, he noted philosophical concepts of first (God) and second (The created) causes. 'Cause' is often discussed on this website, in the context of theodicy, the problem of evil, free will and determinism. Mr. Wallace listed (paraphrased) laws of nature as a secondary cause. I agree and also have noted that human beings and angelic/demonic beings can also serve as rational secondary causes.
Also within his presentation he provided (paraphrased) an estimation that eight out of ten (80%) of Muslims that immigrate to America would like to be free from Islamic political dictatorship and tyranny, even if still holding to the religion.
If we allowed for a number less that 80% for the rest of Western world with Islamic immigration, it could be reasoned the number will still be over 50%. If these types of deductions are correct, and Mr. Wallace supports the first one, I reason that even if a Western country develops a majority of Islamic population or significant minority, it is reasonable premise to suggest that these Muslims, in majority, will politically embrace democracy as opposed to an Islamic religion-stare model.
A premise that most within Islam that immigrate to the West, favour and will favour, secularism over radical Islam, is a cumulative premise in support of an argument that the main worldview embraced in the Western world will continue to be secularism. At least in this present era and for the foreseeable future.
