All religions share the danger of putting faith ahead of reason. All of them.
However, not all religions are equally dangerous in the same way at the same time because their ideologies do in fact differ from one another. To argue that they are all the same is to argue that words don't matter and have no meaning and also ignores real world behavior. Islam and Christianity are both bad, but they are not the same, not even close.
I think where people get tripped up is in ignoring patterns of behavior and focus on the individual 100% of the time. Ideologies are not followed and interpreted the same way by every follower, even secular ideologies. This does not mean that different patterns of behavior can't be observed or have different consequences.
I believe it's a mistake to ignore the larger patterns so that individuals can be convinced it's OK to believe whatever they want to believe and that even horrible teachings are somehow consequence free because many followers ignore them and are good people. For example, this is the flawed thinking that allows many non muslims to claim that Islam is a religion of peace when clearly it is not. Their motive is to protect good peaceful muslims from criticism and violent backlash (which is a good motive) but they seem to not realize that they are also protecting a violent ideology that also causes a great deal of suffering in the world.
Right now, Islam is the most dangerous religion the world is having to deal with and it's not even a close call.
However, not all religions are equally dangerous in the same way at the same time because their ideologies do in fact differ from one another. To argue that they are all the same is to argue that words don't matter and have no meaning and also ignores real world behavior. Islam and Christianity are both bad, but they are not the same, not even close.
I think where people get tripped up is in ignoring patterns of behavior and focus on the individual 100% of the time. Ideologies are not followed and interpreted the same way by every follower, even secular ideologies. This does not mean that different patterns of behavior can't be observed or have different consequences.
I believe it's a mistake to ignore the larger patterns so that individuals can be convinced it's OK to believe whatever they want to believe and that even horrible teachings are somehow consequence free because many followers ignore them and are good people. For example, this is the flawed thinking that allows many non muslims to claim that Islam is a religion of peace when clearly it is not. Their motive is to protect good peaceful muslims from criticism and violent backlash (which is a good motive) but they seem to not realize that they are also protecting a violent ideology that also causes a great deal of suffering in the world.
Right now, Islam is the most dangerous religion the world is having to deal with and it's not even a close call.
If god was real he wouldn't need middle men to explain his wants or do his bidding.
