[monday]

"Anyone who can equate Islam with Christianity, Judaism, Buddhism, or just about any other major religion is either a complete blithering idiot or a pathological liar."

I didn't equate Islam with Christianity. I said there are many different varieties of Islam, which is true, and there are many different varieties of Christianity, which is also true. I am not an idiot or a liar, but I suspect you may be the former.

[hopespringseternal]

"Actually ultra religious people have traditionally been among the most radical people of any society. Anyone who can convince people to kill, or die in the name of God has to be considered pretty radical. Jim Jones, David Koresh, or just about any cult leader you can think of, all clerics of one sort or another, and all radical in a very insane way. "

These are your own words. I took them to mean that the problem is ultrareligious people in general, not Islam in particular. This ignores the fact that ultrareligious people in every major religion tend to be strict pacifists. Except Islam, where the more religious, the more violent or prone to promote violence.

Or more directly, you can count bodies. The major religions except Islam have nowhere near the body count of either secular government or Islam.

Quit parroting Dan Rather and you won't sound so ignorant.