So what you're saying is:
Fundi Christians == Fundi Muslims?
Sorry, you're dead wrong. I have to call you an idiot for your generalisation in your post.
Quote me in the Bible where Jesus murdered, molested and was a militant.
Show me how the Christian countries of the west have supressed people based on faith ala islamic states.
Do you have any experience with dealing with muslims, muslims that are so called "moderates"? I do on a daily basis, my opinion carries more weight that your liberal apologist harmoneous view of them.
The similarities and literal interpretation of sacred texts are very close.
The bible contains characters and stories other than Jesus. There are plenty of examples in the OT of Israelites grabbing land, putting people to the sword, etc... Also, parables like Noah's ark where all the non-believers drowned, Sodom and Gamorha (sp?) where people, especially Lot's wife, were turned into pillars of salt.
Have you forgotten the crusades? Also supressing people by offering food/land/status for changing religions is at least similar. True it's not the same as killing someone for converting. Abraham, for example if you believe the Bible, had Ishmael with Hagar because he listened to Sarah (not God). Then when Issac was born she didn't want his oldest (entitled by Jewish law) to inherit so she bitched and moaned until he sent his oldest son away.
Most of the Muslims I hang with aren't really religious. Sure I know a few who are devout but don't hang with them , or anyone else, too much.
You should come up with something more creative than liberal apologist as an insult. The terms don't mean exactly the same thing here.
Besides, I wasn't really making a sweeping point. I was just musing about the extent to which rhetoric affects the typical reader. It's a legit question and I'm intellectually curious. A lot of the arguements are quite inflammatory, yes a lot of them are bullshit but they're more exciting than plain/straight talk. I just wonder if not being able to hear a level discussion about a topic affects people's perceptions about world issues in the same way too much porn affects the way people view relationships/sex.
In this matter, my mind isn't made up yet. Somtimes it seems that Europe showed way too much flexibility and made so many accomodations that immigrants felt no need to integrate fully into society. We have a similar thing here with a lot of immigrants refusing to speak fkn' English (before you start, I know damn well we really speak American, LOL!). Now the bastiges expect us to learn spanish!!!!!!!!!!!!
