(March 20, 2015 at 3:56 pm)RobertE Wrote: The way I see it is this, Christians get a hard time on here (and why not...:-) ) whereas muslims get a virtual free pass and are seldom criticised to the extent as Christians. You either criticise all three; Christianism, Judaism and Islam, or none at all. They are all evil.
They may all be primitive, out of touch with reality and, well - evil, but not all in equal proportions. Judaism and most denominations of Christianity have come a long way and have been gradually reformed, civilized and adapted to the needs of progressive society - not usually voluntarily, or completely, but still.
Islam doesn't get a free pass. It's obviously seen as the most dangerous, un-reasonable and down-right sinister monotheistic religion. Because of that Muslims are seen as beyond the realms of civilized conversation, since they are so far behind in terms of human rights, education and civil liberty, that there's very little common ground for discussion.
I mean - I could go on at lengths about what's wrong with Islam, but I don't really see what that would accomplish. With next to no common points of cultural reference - my rants would be most likely as impenetrable to the few Muslims that might read it, as their potential replies would be to me. And I'm pretty sure most atheists, Jews and Christians nowadays already know that Islam is evil - no need to beat that dead horse.
But, yeah - f*** Islam and f*** the Prophet!
"The fact that a believer is happier than a skeptic is no more to the point than the fact that a drunken man is happier than a sober one." - George Bernard Shaw
