Even if this free-will defense successfully evades the theological "problem of evil, " it lends no support to Christian socialism.

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We can accommodate everything from socialism to Christian democracy.

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And as for familial and social issues, many Muslims find a conservative Christian view of the world more appealing than one based on socialism, however cleverly disguised.

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An opponent of Labour's militant socialism and tendency to pacifism, he is a Christian believer who was sympathetic to George Bush and to a view of the world that regards Islamofascism as a mortal threat.

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