(October 14, 2014 at 4:14 pm)Simon Moon Wrote: The fact that the majority of Muslims don't follow it has nothing to do with what it actually says.
But it does speak to the shallow nature of anti-Muslim bigotry. It's okay to cherry-pick the Bible, but Muslims cannot do so, by Western lights: they must either embrace every repulsive sura, or be false Muslims.
Cafeteria Catholics, Greek Orthodox, Southern Baptists ... Christian sects and outlooks are not held to the same standard.
I wonder why.