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[quote=Anonymous][quote=jsteele][quote=Anonymous]
http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/wonkblog/wp/2014/10/06/ben-affleck-and-bill-maher-are-both-wrong-about-islamic-fundamentalism/

From the above it is quite clear the hundreds of millions of Muslims are not ignoring even the most vile and risable passages like the "Death to Apostates" and "Stoning Adulterers" ones. Care to find similar sentiments held in such numbers among other religions in order to try to perpetuate your false equivalency?[/quote]

I really detest this tactic that is so common here that when a discussion doesn't go your way you simply change the topic. I never argued that there were not Muslims that support horrible things. We have been discussing specific references in the Quran and actions by Muhammad related to beheading. There are very few Muslims today who support such things.

The article you reference -- since I guess we are now discussing a new topic -- shows that hundreds of millions of Muslims are ignoring even the most vile and disable passages of the Quran. In many countries, strong majorities ignore those passages. What that tells us is that discussing "Islam" as if it were a monolithic entity is useless. It is not a monolithic entity.

If you went to Uganda today and polled Christians whether they supported killing gays, I am pretty sure that you would find majority support. Uganda's anti-homosexual laws have had support from American Christians. Specific biblical passages are used to justify anti-gay measures. So, should this be used as justification to condemn all of Christianity?

If it is your position that Islam is a fundamentally evil religion, we are going to strongly disagree. If your point is simply that there are Muslims who are evil, we probably will find more common ground. I have the same position regarding every other religion as well.
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I, on the other hand, regard all religions as evil. Among them, no religion has as much violent, reactionary content as Islam. This, combined with its lack of any distinction between temporal and religious authority makes it a uniquely malevolent force in the world. The question that should be asked of Muslims is whether they support Sharia law. If the answer is yes, they are an enemy of all the liberal values you and I hold dear. You may choose to ignore that fact. I will not.[/quote]

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