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As for Mr. Sharpton, I believe it was Marx who said that the best way to keep a man in chains is to convince him that he belongs in chains.

So to you, the 60 odd years of proping up viscious dictators in the middle east and using them to export oil from the region has nothing to do with why they hate Americans? The fact that they have the most valuable resource on this planet yet the vast majority of their population are piss poor while the US sponsored dictator has a golden toilet, this has nothing to do with their anger toward the US?

First off Marx was a biggot so really his views on religion are terribly slanted. ( im so tired of hearing quotes from 19th century german philosophers) secondly has it EVER occured to you that its easier for arab countries to blame us for ever proublem they have than to hold thier own radical leaders (who of course would kill them if they dared to speak of it) responsible? and last Saddam's toliet was not gold only the plumbing in the bathroom was. (i know because my older brother boasts proudly of entering one of saddam's palaces and taking a crap in his golden john).
 The United states DID NOT prop up every evil dictator in the arab world europe had its own part in that. While the French and the Russians were protesting the war in Iraq they were simultaneously negotiating oil contracts with Saddam so pardon me if i dont believe in the notion of pure european love for peace. The Arab world will NEVER be free from this kind of crap unless they refuse to let radicals rule them and all the blaming America crap you could barf up in a thousand years will not change that.

A bigot you say, so religion really isn't a manipulative force that will lead to man's destruction. Well, Woodsman, you certainly have opened my eyes. I'll never read Hagel, Webber or any other German philosopher ever again, because they are evil, evil to the core! Let me get my book burning robe on and we can do this...

Anyway, now that your done your bigoted remark, lets back to the point
Sure I've considered it, but I also know that this is a response. Radical Islam is a response to the actions of others in the region. Also I ask, what other voice do they have? As much as the radical leaders are fanning the flames of violence, it seems constantly that the US gives them nothing but ammunition to do it with. (See... Saudi Royal Family, Israel, Sadam, Shah). So sure they should be blaming those radical leaders, but the US blame is justified, its a viscious cycle of violence and both groups of leaders are to blame.

French Yes, Russians, what? Have you heard of the Caspian Sea? The Russians don't need to import oil, they have enough to sustain their entire country and export. As for the French, the Europeans have had a totally different relationship with the arab states for the past 50 years than the US. Have they done buisness with these dictators? Yes, of course, if there is only one person you can buy from then you buy. The difference is they didn't create the situation where those were the only people to buy from. The US on the other hand...

The Arab world will not be free unless they begin to govern themselves, even if it is in a way that we may not like. It took several thousand years for westerners to escape fanaticism and feudalism (although some still haven't gotten out of either). The only way they will escape is if they do so by their own accord, and their own choice. This means a pull-out by the US and Europe from the region, but don't expect Big Oil to let you.

To view religous people solely the way marx discribed it and not on an individual basis is bigoted. As you have clearly demonstrated time and time again. I went to church for several years and i was never once taught people should be burned for being witches or that i should follow what my pastor told me without question. I was never taught that all jews were responsible for the death of christ and i was never told to hate homosexuals. I am religous but i am not a sheep as marx would describe me. Perhaps if you didnt judge religous people by a single standard you might understand them better.

Remember Woods, he's stated time and time again that religion is responsible for all of mankind's woes, only from his standpoint it's "enlightened" and not bigoted since he's read it in some book somewhere.  Funny the irony there, no?  Aren't we being bashed constantly for living our lives according to a certain book?

This is why it is imperitive that people look in the mirror of truth and admit their faults instead of explaining them away or rationalizing.  We Christians have an advantage in that department.  We have to acknowledge our sins and faults and work to better ourselfes honestly or we'll be rejected at Judgement Day for being apostate.

No book taught me that religion is evil, humanity in the past 20 years has done a darling job of that. You on the other hand should try reading another book for a change. I've read yours

Working to change the world is a whole lot better than sitting and hoping everything works itself out

for the record ive read alot of books not just the one.
  You also seem to have spent the last 20 years ignoring the contributions of people like mother teresa and Martain luther king Jr and countless christian charity groups. (which make up 80% of charity groups in the US) When my father and his brother were thrown out on to the streets from an abusive foster home when they turned 18 they were taken in by a woman from thier church as an act of christian kindness. Today i call this woman Grandma even though i dont have a drop of her blood and am not even being legally related to her. I find myself unable to refuse people who ask for free gas at my station when they run out and dont have money because a passage from the bible "let he who has two tunics share with he who has none" springs up in my head every time. Do i even need to bring up mohat magandi ? if you really think religion has only had negative influences in the world you must not have been paying attention.