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# Girard: Islamic Extremism is Symmetrically Related to Western Wealth
- URL: https://joshualore.com/inthemiddleway/girard-islamic-extremism-is-symmetrically-related/
- Published: 2015-11-06T21:32:00.000Z
- Updated: 2015-11-06T21:32:00.000Z
- Author: Joshua Lore
- Tags: Uncategorized, #Migrated-1788408094757, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2026-09-03 00:01

Including this diamond:

“René Girard explains how this realization in forgiveness (that people are more like “sinners” than they would acknowledge) is at the core of the conversion experience of Peter, Paul and the other disciples of Jesus. What enables Peter, Paul and others to become “saints” thus precisely and paradoxically is their realization that they are not “saints” (i.e. that they are far from ever being “perfect”). This truly spiritual experience, which enables people to face reality, is also the experience that guided René Girard himself throughout his life. René Girard gets to the essence of what a conversion to Christ should be all about in his explanation of the denial of Peter.”

[Girard: Islamic Extremism is Symmetrically Related to Western Wealth](http://www.patheos.com/blogs/cosmostheinlost/2015/11/06/girard-islamic-extremism-is-symmetrically-related-to-western-wealth/?ref=joshualore.com)