It's important to remember that every Christian and Muslim is a potential atheist. Most atheists I know were religious at one point, some of them devoutly so.
I adopt a similar attitude that Christians say they have about "sin". Love the religious, hate the religion. We all pra... excuse me, hope they each can be saved and come to reason.
I feel the same rage toward Islamo-Christianity that any other freethinker might. You can't help it when you take in all the misery, bigotry, bloodshed and stagnation that these religions have brought and continue to bring where they can. I do my best to try to contain these feelings and practice what we preach, being the voice of reason. I'm not always successful.
All that said, Islam is not a race. Islamophobia is a natural reaction to the dangers of Islam. It's like 14th century crusader Christians have entered our world with 21st century weapons. Worse, having the knowledge to construct a nuclear weapon doesn't inoculate your mind to looking forward to having 77 virgins in the afterlife. Speaking out against the dangers of the Islamo-Christian ideology isn't hate.
I also would like to see Islamo-Christianity crushed... but the same way Communism died, when all its proponents walked away from it peacefully. I long to see Jesus and Muhammad die a lonely death, not a violent one.
Perhaps Arabia, Persia and North Africa can one day enjoy a renaissance like Europe did after the Golden Age of Christianity (my sarcastic term for the Dark Ages).
I adopt a similar attitude that Christians say they have about "sin". Love the religious, hate the religion. We all pra... excuse me, hope they each can be saved and come to reason.
I feel the same rage toward Islamo-Christianity that any other freethinker might. You can't help it when you take in all the misery, bigotry, bloodshed and stagnation that these religions have brought and continue to bring where they can. I do my best to try to contain these feelings and practice what we preach, being the voice of reason. I'm not always successful.
All that said, Islam is not a race. Islamophobia is a natural reaction to the dangers of Islam. It's like 14th century crusader Christians have entered our world with 21st century weapons. Worse, having the knowledge to construct a nuclear weapon doesn't inoculate your mind to looking forward to having 77 virgins in the afterlife. Speaking out against the dangers of the Islamo-Christian ideology isn't hate.
I also would like to see Islamo-Christianity crushed... but the same way Communism died, when all its proponents walked away from it peacefully. I long to see Jesus and Muhammad die a lonely death, not a violent one.
Perhaps Arabia, Persia and North Africa can one day enjoy a renaissance like Europe did after the Golden Age of Christianity (my sarcastic term for the Dark Ages).
Atheist Forums Hall of Shame:
"The trinity can be equated to having your cake and eating it too."
... -Lucent, trying to defend the Trinity concept
"(Yahweh's) actions are good because (Yahweh) is the ultimate standard of goodness. That’s not begging the question"
... -Statler Waldorf, Christian apologist
"The trinity can be equated to having your cake and eating it too."
... -Lucent, trying to defend the Trinity concept
"(Yahweh's) actions are good because (Yahweh) is the ultimate standard of goodness. That’s not begging the question"
... -Statler Waldorf, Christian apologist
