(February 23, 2011 at 2:00 pm)Moros Synackaon Wrote:(February 23, 2011 at 9:25 am)Rwandrall Wrote: The 9/11 attacks were universally condemned by muslims worldwide. The actions of the Westborough Church are universally condemned by Christians.
The same Muslims who believe in a book that legitimizes killing apostates? The same Christians who argue for more faith in schools?
I don't care WHO they are. I care WHAT they believe in, as those same ideologues who condemn their own indulge in similar behaviors.
If the rapist condemns the murderer, does the victim feel better?
And how much does it really say when people who believe in an extreme fantasy reject their nutty outliers?
They are still magnitudes as corrupt and as flawed as those whom they criticize -- they just happen to be the average.
1. There are millions of Muslims living in developed countries. And they don't kill apostates. At all.
2. Christians arguing for more faith at school are a small minority in the US and in my country of France they essentially do not exist. The vast majority are NOT god-freaks.
3. Christianity says you should kill homosexuals. However hate-crimes against gays are rare: what does that say about how little they care about what their religion says ?
4. I cannot say this enough. The VAST majority of theists in developed countries (i cannot say for developing countries but it's probably true for many of them) are basically deists. They believe in a higher power, put a name on it (Jesus, Jahweh, etc) and that is IT, that is ALL that they see in their religion. Calling them "corrupt", and even worse "flawed" like they are inferior is exactly the rhetoric that is not going to lead to any kind of dialogue.
You only see the extremes and that is in no way a good thing in my eyes...
