kalm wrote:Cluck U wrote:
Yeah...except I doubt that most Christians would say that people should be killed when drawing a funny picture of Jesus.
The difference seems to be that most Christians don't give a hoot about the Bible, but also don't condone killing people that don't believe in their God.
When Muslins are asked if people should be stoned or killed for minor offenses, or for flipping off the Koran or rejecting Islam...you get a slightly different answer.
CHOP!
But sure, keep trying to draw parallels...just make sure you use a very, very wide brush.
Half the Muslims are illiterate and havn't even read the Koran much less subscribe to the Amsterdam Daily Gazzette.
Not making parallels, just pointing out that most religious people are full of shit and judging an entire population based on what their book says is flawed.
And that defends Muslin behavior, how?
Nobody of sound mind cares what is written in a religious book because few read it. People of sound mind do, however, care about the actions of those who read or don't read the book.
Think of it this way:
Christians are similar to a police officer who ignores the law book that says someone should be arrested and killed for smoking a joint in their own home. If you ask them to go in and shoot the perp, they'll say that behavior is wrong regardless of what the law book says and regardless of whether the cop actually read the book.
The Muslins, on the other hand, are more likely to break down the door, drag the kid out into the street, cut off his hands, and, if he doesn't repent, stone him to death, whether they've read the law book or not.
So you can keep trumpeting on about whether people have read their religious books, and that today's religions are essentially the same, but that doesn't matter in the real world where people are acting on what they are told, and what they believe, their religion says.
