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Originally Posted by SenaxFlatulus
I just spent the better part of the last two hours editing this thread. I must say it was almost a waste of my time, other than getting the satisfaction of deleting several frivolous posts by lots of members. While both Coyote and BillyBob seem to feel this is the perfect place to illustrate the immaturity and sheer futility of name calling, there were even posts I deleted by other mods. (Hey, we're all human here)
Here's what I noticed:
This thread is about an alleged Muslim Outrage. The OP linked an article that puts it all into context. The premise is Muslims are thought of by many as a violent religion. It also raised the premise that the freedom of speech is what seems to be at risk here.
If you'd like to counter that argument go for it. However, you won't get far by engaging in the following:
1. Talking about how any other religion is violent too
2. Changing the discussion to comparative religion
3. Comparing the Koran to the Bible verse by verse
4. Talking about the drug/alcohol use of a President
5. Talking about the drug use of a Presidential candidate
6. Personally attacking another user
Do try and stay on topic will ya'?
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How can you establish whether Islam is a violent religion unless you compare it to other religions? It's called establishing a control. Otherwise you can't determine that it is really Islam causing violence instead of it just being human nature to cause violence and then claim it's in the name of religion.
At one point in history just about every war in Western Civilization was carried out in the name of Christianity. Does this mean Christianity is a violent religion? I believe the answer is no, and we know this because Western Civ is relatively peaceful right now. Islam happens to be concentrated in a poor and unstable region right now, kind of like how the entire Christian world was 500 years ago. So by comparing Christianity as it was 500 years ago to Islam today, you could come to the conclusion that in both cases religion was not at the root of all the violence. Perhaps a combination of poverty and instability can cause violence to be carried out in the name of any religion.