And yet, thinkers far more sober than Baudrillard view the events of September 11 as a consequence of American foreign policy. - Sam Harris

Given current birthrates, France could be a majority Muslim country in 25 years, and that is if immigration were to stop tomorrow

Your principal concern appears to be that the Creator of the universe will take offense at something people do while naked. This prudery of yours contributes daily to the surplus of human misery.

What we discover when you begin practicing meditation is that there is no such thing as a boring object of attention. Boredom is simply a lack of attention. We only become convinced that we are bored because we have not found something compelling enough to capture our attention. Our attention is normally so blunt an intrument that we need something thrilling or terrifying to capture us. What pleases us most in those moments when we are fully captured by experience is the state of complete attention to the present. If you can muster that on your own through meditation, then any arbitrary object — the feeling of the wind past your hand as you walk — can be an exquisitely pleasureable thing to notice... Concentration is intrinsically pleasureable.