Comments on: Letter of the Week: Natural Rights Vs. Sharia https://barelyablog.com/letter-of-the-week-natural-rights-vs-sharia/ by ilana mercer Wed, 02 Apr 2025 19:29:09 +0000 hourly 1 By: Stephen W. Browne https://barelyablog.com/letter-of-the-week-natural-rights-vs-sharia/comment-page-1/#comment-278 Tue, 26 Sep 2006 14:59:52 +0000 http://blog.ilanamercer.com/?p=273#comment-278 A Jordanian friend once told me, “Christianity tells you to be good, but it doesn’t tell you how. Islam tells you how to be good, in detail.”

That was an “Ah-ha!” moment for me. Christianity at its beginnings left room for men to use their own judgement to figure things out for themselves, even if only a little at first. Any room for independent thought must inevitably expand.

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