Quote:I think it is unfair to summarily judge Islam and in fact, any religion.
Not to mention bigoted and ignorant.
Religions reflect the times and and cultures which invent them. Without exception, every believer (in the Abrahamic faiths at least) cherry picks the emphasis of their faith. This is unavoidable due to the stark contradictions contained in the Torah,the New Testament and the Qur'an. The emphases people choose reflect the context of their lives, their fears, their hopes and their character.
Christians have the hateful Fred Phelps, The Happy Clappy churches with their fatuous prosperity theology,and The Quakers with their pacifism. Most Christians I've met in my lifetime are just ordinary people who want a nice life. For the most part they mind their own business. The same goes for the hundreds of Muslims I met whilst living in a Muslim country.
There is a vast difference between the ultra conservative Muslims of the Gulf States and say SE Asian Muslims,of which there are several hundred million.
I do not now and have never accepted the anti-Muslim hysteria which has made Islam the bogey man de jure, replacing the Communists. What I see most in diverse reports is confirmation bias.
Quote:Show me your idea of heaven and I will show you what is missing from your life (anon)
