RE: Why do Atheists defend Islam?
December 5, 2015 at 8:16 pm
(This post was last modified: December 5, 2015 at 8:19 pm by CapnAwesome.)
(December 5, 2015 at 8:08 pm)Irrational Wrote:Lots of liberal European countries have official religions. Does that make the English government as bad as Islam? An official religion is hardly the same as a theocracy and 44% is hardly 80%. I think you can look at the actual laws that exist in Islamic countries and you'll never find any republican of note suggesting: The cutting off of hands, the stoning of anyone, women being legally denied an education or the right to drive, women not being allowed outside without a male escort or anything close to the equivalent.(December 5, 2015 at 7:52 pm)Catholic_Lady Wrote: Ok, then what would make Republican people equally as bad as 80% of Muslims thinking it should be illegal to draw a picture of Mohammed?
You saw the polls I linked to in another thread, but perhaps you forgot.
Halfway to Theocracy
44% of American Republicans want Christianity to be the official religion of their country, and a slightly less percentage want Islam to be made illegal. Yet no one criticizing Muslims (I do not mean you) is batting an eye at results like this even though this is just as disturbing as the poll results they like to state regarding Muslim opinions.
For me, this is just as bad.
It's fine to be critical of Republicans but keep it in perspective.
Edit: Not to mention death penalties for Atheism and apostasy that only exists in the Muslim world.