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Islam is a major intellectual revolution in human history, and we have forgotten this because Islam, the idea, has embedded itself into modernity itself.
So, what is the power of Islam? And I want you guys to remember this: Islam is the power, and beauty comes from how Islam is able to unite two major intellectual traditions.
The first is paganism, right? Remember the Vikings? The Vikings told stories. They acted out ritual. And therefore, there was an intimacy, concreteness, and interconnectedness to paganism that made us feel happy. Okay? It made us understand the world. It made us feel as though we could influence the world. That's the power of paganism.
But Islam is doing the same thing by making God tangible. Okay? You can feel God. God is everywhere. He knows everything.
But what Islam is also doing is it's taking the simplicity, clarity, and absoluteness of monotheism. Monotheism is nice because with monotheism, everything becomes clear to you. Okay, there's one God. Therefore, I just have to follow him. I just have to believe in him. There are like a million gods in paganism. So, it's unclear what you should do or how you should relate to these million gods. But here in monotheism, the relationship between God and you, it's very, very clear.
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