(January 3, 2015 at 4:22 am)robvalue Wrote: I'm not just talking about Islam. All moderates validate the idea of faith, and it's stupid protected status. These kinds of talks don't cover every angle sure, but we have to do what we can and come at it every way available.
We regard faith as invalid. Moderates regard faith as personal. Extremists regard faith as mandatory.
I think attacking the moderates is a really bad idea, insofar as it is polarizing, and I don't think forcing moderates to choose atheist apostasy or renewed fundamentalism will redound to our benefit. We may well swell our nonbelieving numbers -- but we will certainly grow the number of extremists in so doing.
