RE: Atheism as a teacher
November 17, 2015 at 9:29 pm
(This post was last modified: November 17, 2015 at 9:30 pm by Whateverist.)
(November 16, 2015 at 4:08 pm)Tiberius Wrote: So when you blame Islam for the actions of ISIS, regular Muslims are going to take offense, and rightly so, because to them, Islam does not teach the kind of things that ISIS is doing. That should be obvious to you based on the fact that most Muslims are not violent; there is clearly something else at work, and that is fundamentalism, fanaticism, and extremism. If you want to blame something, blame those things. They have the power to corrupt any religion, any belief system, not just Islam.
I agree entirely but I still have trouble with Islam and Muslims. While it is true that it is your items I bolded which are the real problem, it just seems to me that when Muslims slide into fundamentalism they are more dangerous than Christians and those of other religions. Of course you get the occasional xtian doctor shooting an abortion provider but Muslims seem to react more violently with less provocation. I'm conflicted and still processing it all but I can't brush aside my distrust of Islam so easily.
