. Christianity 500 years ago wasn't so much different from Islam today. Christianity underwent a reformation, rejected spread by force and violence and adopted voluntary association instead. Should Orthodox Islam ever do that, the world will be a FAR better place.
In theory, yes. But the problem is that it can't. The stories of Jesus cannot change. likewise The stories of Muhammed cannot change. Bukhari V9B88N174 – I Heard the Prophet Say ‘Islam Cannot Change’ ...
Except the Old Testament went out the window with the birth of Christ. While Islam still mutilates the genitalia of small girls and lops off heads and tosses gays off rooftops and oppresses women and wages Jihad to this very day.
If all Muslims wanted you dead......you could never stop them even with nuclear weapons. You are talking about a fraction on one percent
Perhaps, but that fraction of one percent is in control of the doctrine. I know most muslims are peaceful, but they are heretical according to their own religions orthodoxy, much in the same way that Martin Luther was when he separated from Roman Catholicism.
The problem is that they have to completely erase the existing Muhammed, and re-invent a new one. That is not going to happen. Also there is no senior authority on Islam. everyone is killing each other for controll
Then Protestants are all heretics. Extremists do not control the doctrine just as the pope does not control all christanity. The problem is the extremists.....not the religion. If your goal is to wipe out the religion.....you have already lost
. Many Catholics do indeed view protestants as heretics. Prolly many Protesatants view Catholics the same way. But we're not killing eachother over it anymore, and aside from Ireland, we havn't for generations. Also, when did I say anything about 'wiping out' Islam????
I didn't miss where you conflated my position as 'wiping out Islam'... would you care to explain how you got that from anything I've said?
They are not fighting at all anymore.....but you better believe it was also about Protestants vs catholics
I want want to hear your point. I hear a lot of bashing of Islam......that it is violent....if so it seems the obvious conclusion is to go to war with Islam and wipe it out. Just like the nazis. Is that the plan?
Actually we are going to have to do it sooner or later, probably not in this generation, but maybe the next,