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<blockquote data-quote="wkmac" data-source="post: 102400" data-attributes="member: 2189"><p>Thanks for the suggestions Jones. I've actually been reading kinda all over the place as I just don't think you can find a definitive and complete single volume of work to answer all the questions. Various Geo-political sites which would be anything from right to left wing for those who like labels. Council on Foreign Relations have several studies covering a variety of areas as well as even Arab groups. Reading what I can about Islam itself starting at a website called Meta-Religion. BTW: If you aren't willing or strong enough to have the foundations of your religious beliefs deeply changed, <span style="color: red"><strong>DO NOT GO TO THIS WEBSITE!</strong></span><span style="color: black"> Now that's a true & honest warning for some and a real tease for free thinkers.</span></p><p><img src="/community/styles/default/xenforo/smilies/group1/wink.gif" class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":wink:" title="Wink :wink:" data-shortname=":wink:" /> </p><p> </p><p>Also a friend of mine is an adherent of Sufism so he and I have a number of online discussions on the subject and I'm still learning as we go and learning some about Shi'a and Sunni as well. Although not completely accurate, I see Sufism as Islam's own type of Kabbalah (Jewish Mystism) and I can piss my friend off to no end because although I adhere to the moral teachings of Jesus, I don't buy into many other dogmas and doctrines that are more IMO carryover influences from Persian Zorastrianism via the jewish exile in Babylonia in 600 BC. and the Roman Mithraism of the years after Jesus death and the co-mingling of early Chrsitianity with the Roman culture cummnating in Christianity becoming the State Religion with Constantine in 300 AD. </p><p> </p><p>I've even obtained old works of history from H.G.Wells works (actual original print copies from an estate sale) to also 200 year old works like Rollins work on world history which is an original 4 vol. work that I also found at an estate sale. It's amazing how much you can learn in these old works or can point you in a direction that in our day more answers have been found to clarify. Of late I've been reading some about the ancient Sumerian empire as this empire IMO has more of an impact on us today than we actually realize.</p><p> </p><p>I really believe Religion is as much at the heart of all this and actually moreso then oil itself. IMO, Oil and the means of wealth are seen nothing more than tools used to exert influence in order to position oneself at the head of the Table of Power. It just shows the song by Tears for Fears was right all along.</p><p> </p><p><strong><span style="font-size: 18px">Everybody Wants to Rule The World!</span></strong></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="wkmac, post: 102400, member: 2189"] Thanks for the suggestions Jones. I've actually been reading kinda all over the place as I just don't think you can find a definitive and complete single volume of work to answer all the questions. Various Geo-political sites which would be anything from right to left wing for those who like labels. Council on Foreign Relations have several studies covering a variety of areas as well as even Arab groups. Reading what I can about Islam itself starting at a website called Meta-Religion. BTW: If you aren't willing or strong enough to have the foundations of your religious beliefs deeply changed, [COLOR=red][B]DO NOT GO TO THIS WEBSITE![/B][/COLOR][COLOR=black] Now that's a true & honest warning for some and a real tease for free thinkers.[/COLOR] :wink: Also a friend of mine is an adherent of Sufism so he and I have a number of online discussions on the subject and I'm still learning as we go and learning some about Shi'a and Sunni as well. Although not completely accurate, I see Sufism as Islam's own type of Kabbalah (Jewish Mystism) and I can piss my friend off to no end because although I adhere to the moral teachings of Jesus, I don't buy into many other dogmas and doctrines that are more IMO carryover influences from Persian Zorastrianism via the jewish exile in Babylonia in 600 BC. and the Roman Mithraism of the years after Jesus death and the co-mingling of early Chrsitianity with the Roman culture cummnating in Christianity becoming the State Religion with Constantine in 300 AD. I've even obtained old works of history from H.G.Wells works (actual original print copies from an estate sale) to also 200 year old works like Rollins work on world history which is an original 4 vol. work that I also found at an estate sale. It's amazing how much you can learn in these old works or can point you in a direction that in our day more answers have been found to clarify. Of late I've been reading some about the ancient Sumerian empire as this empire IMO has more of an impact on us today than we actually realize. I really believe Religion is as much at the heart of all this and actually moreso then oil itself. IMO, Oil and the means of wealth are seen nothing more than tools used to exert influence in order to position oneself at the head of the Table of Power. It just shows the song by Tears for Fears was right all along. [B][SIZE=5]Everybody Wants to Rule The World![/SIZE][/B] [/QUOTE]
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