(March 25, 2016 at 1:33 am)scoobysnack Wrote: This is such a strange thing, but I've noticed over the years that liberals and atheists prefer Islam over Christianity. We have terms such as Islamaphobe for example. Where I live in Madison, the freedom for religion foundation doesn't ever go after Islam, but goes after Christianity. Doesn't really go after Judaism either for that matter. Why do the left and the atheists support Islam? Do they support the stoning of women who commit adultery, or throwing gay people off roofs? Do they prefer women have their clitorises cut off for female mutilation? Do they want to walk around in a halloween costumes or bee keeper suits known as burkas? What's up with the left/atheist love Islam? I can understand the left at least because they are all about privilege, but for atheists, that's another story I'd like hear about.
I hate Islam. I don't hate Muslims.
As far as I'm concerned, overall, Islam is currently the most dangerous religion, on a world wide level. But in the US, Christianity is more dangerous.
The reason why the FFRF does not go after Islam, is that Muslims have almost no power base in the US. Christians do.
As much as some Muslims my vocalise that they want Sharia law, it will never happen in the US, en masse.
But Christianity, with their constant attempts at having religious based pseudoscience taught in public school science classes, attempts to curtail some people's civil rights, and generally try to inflict their Biblical "morality", has more immediate effects on US society.
If women were being stoned for adultery, or gay people were being thrown off roofs in the US, the perpetrators would be prosecuted for murder.
Do you want me to start listing the names of gay people that have been murdered by Christians?
You'd believe if you just opened your heart" is a terrible argument for religion. It's basically saying, "If you bias yourself enough, you can convince yourself that this is true." If religion were true, people wouldn't need faith to believe it -- it would be supported by good evidence.