europe has become more islamic and more buddhist as well. i
think we have to live with these facts and learn from america
how to deal with different concepts of faith. europe will be a
multi-cultural community. i personally believe that it is plain
wrong if we now assume we are all so much christians and
have to defend this. in fact europe is very secular and our pride
is that we allow open debate and tolerate different ways of
belief. THESE are the values we need to defend, not a more
or less hypocrite insistance on christianity.
the current worldwide discussion MUST be a battle, if you will,
between fanatism and tolerance, not between two versions of
fanatism. this is very, very important.
Sun Zu, The Art of War
"If you know the enemy and know yourself, you need not fear the
result of a hundred battles. If you know yourself but not the
enemy, for every victory gained you will also suffer a defeat. If
you know neither the enemy nor yourself, you will succumb in
every battle."
so we first of all have to know ourselves and our motives. if we
are unclear about them, we are in trouble from the very beginning.
think we have to live with these facts and learn from america
how to deal with different concepts of faith. europe will be a
multi-cultural community. i personally believe that it is plain
wrong if we now assume we are all so much christians and
have to defend this. in fact europe is very secular and our pride
is that we allow open debate and tolerate different ways of
belief. THESE are the values we need to defend, not a more
or less hypocrite insistance on christianity.
the current worldwide discussion MUST be a battle, if you will,
between fanatism and tolerance, not between two versions of
fanatism. this is very, very important.
Sun Zu, The Art of War
"If you know the enemy and know yourself, you need not fear the
result of a hundred battles. If you know yourself but not the
enemy, for every victory gained you will also suffer a defeat. If
you know neither the enemy nor yourself, you will succumb in
every battle."
so we first of all have to know ourselves and our motives. if we
are unclear about them, we are in trouble from the very beginning.
