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Originally Posted by h2co-pilot
... (But what religion doesn't deem itself perfected?) I just don't think that she meant it to be offensive. ... It just baffles me, not that anyone was offended because that's how things get now a days with all the media blogs and hype (not to mention her book is being marketed well because of it), but it's headlined as if this were a planned antisemitic speech. What baffles me further is that there are real people out there crusading specifically against jews, christians, blacks, whites, gays, etc. (Let's not forget democracy!!!) as thier soul purpose who do not get near the amount of attention and scrutiny.
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Right. I think "perfected" here just means better off or believing in the truest form of God. Forgetting who, if anyone, is right (we might find out when we die), most religious Jews, Muslims, Hindus, Christians, Moonies, Buddhists, Taoists, Zoroastrianists, Mowahidoons, and American Injuns all think they have a perfected view of spirituality. Coulter just came out and said it, but it's not that shocking to me.
I know most, especially orthodox, Jews think that they have a superior view of God over that of Christians and others, and thus are superior to them in a spiritual sense. It certainly would not/should not bother me if they come out and say it. You really can't have religious tolerance at all if everyone is required to believe that they're no better off than the followers of other religions in order to fit in with the PC culture.