Ever thought about how Christianity became the dominant religion in the western world? From a historian's perspective, it was a political decision made by an Emperor of Rome. The Christians were an increasingly popular oppressed group, and the Emperor decided it would be easier to take up Christianity, use it to absorb some of the more popular "pagan" rites, and have everyone following Jesus, than to continue to have several warring groups within the Empire.

Some of the stuff I read these days makes me wonder if some parts of the world are headed down that same road with Islam. In Italy recently, the Pope has had to defend Christian tradition against a town that took the world "Jesus" out of nativity scenes so as not to offend Muslims. Before you know it, they'll be saying thanks to Allah so as not to offend Muslims.

It is almost a certainty that the world would be more peaceful if we all just decided to go Muslim. We might lose our freedoms, and begin a spiral down in to a new dark age, but at least the wars would stop.