(September 10, 2008 at 9:25 pm)Pete Wrote: Are you serious? Its inaccurate to say that its followers go around screaming death threats etc. Just because a few arabs do that and claim that they do it in the name of Islam it doesn't mean that Islam as a whole is like that. Think of all the Christians in the country who go around bombing abortion clinics. Or those Christians who burn crosses on the lawns of Jews etc. A lot of people do very nasty things in the name of God. The religion itself, nor the practioners as a group, cannot be held responsible for the actions of a few scumbags. I'm very sad to hear you say that about Islam. You come across as a bigot when you post such things. In general Muslims are very decent people. Many of them are Christians themselves since Jesus is held to be a prophet in Islam.The Koran is not a peaceful book. It is a hateful book, as is the Bible. Therefore these religions are not religions of peace.
Yes there are people who try to change the meaning of these books, and kudos to them for that, but 80% of Muslims say they would die for their God. If a religion teaches that homosexuals should be stoned, or non-believers should be wiped from the face of the Earth, then it is not a religion of tolerance or a religion of peace.
We just mourned 9/11 for the 7th time. Why did those men fly their planes into buildings? Because they were following their religion which says that they were doing God's work. I don't care if you call be a bigot, but I stand by my assertion that religion is evil and hateful.
