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I make the same point when I argue with dipshit liberals about the dangers of islam as opposed to Christianity. They'll say, "Well 500 years ago, Christians were burning people for heresy!"

I tell them, "Yes, and 500 million years ago, dinosaurs roamed Manhattan, but I don't live in either of those times, so I don't worry about dinosaurs or Christians trying to kill me!"

[Sherman Logan]

Quite.

However, this is where I break company with many of the anti-Islam crowd.

Both Judaism and Christianity have episodes in their past of extreme violence for religious reasons. Both religions have for practical purposes evolved out of this.

I see no reason Islam cannot do the same, though admittedly it will be more difficult due to the centrality of religious violence to the faith.