Christian leader condemns Islam (Preacher Franklin Graham calls Islam ‘wicked, violent’)

"I am afraid, however, that you might be standing with a sward above the person on his knees as you admonish him to repent."

The only 'sward' that I choose to wield is the Sword of the Lord, the Holy Scriptures. - Whether you repent or not is your concern, but I highly recommend it.

Wetern thinkers have been urging us to cultivate the fortitude of the heart, but you seem to be appealing to an altogether different organ.

Well, I dunno if I would call the testes "an organ"... but the phrase "testicular fortitude" is just one that my BUS 101 prof last year used every now and then and I kind of like it. I'm one to complexify simple phrases. I guess you wanted me to simply say "the balls"... Or maybe you wanted me to say that this gentleman "had the heart to stand up..."? Personally, when I think of someone standing up for something, that person has the balls, not the heart to do so. Just my opinion; make what you want of it.

First, try learning to read. This is what I wrote:

"Of course, there's a lot of racist stuff in the OT too."

OT - Old Testament.

Got that? Now take your condescension and stuff it.

This is what you wrote.
""Of course, there's a lot of racist stuff in the OT too. That's one of the (many) problems of organized religion: the bad attitudes of former times tend to get frozen into dogmas and pollute the minds of generations to come. That's a problem in Islam, Christianity, and Judaism."

When you learn to write I'll learn to read. You attempted to wrap your problem with all organized religion (implying an expertise on organized religions that I doubt) around a statement about racism in the OT. (Technically incorrect if read with any understanding BTW). Your leap from OT "racism" to "That's one of the...problems of organized religion":...again wrapping into Christianity... Yours is an intellectually cheap attempt to incorrecty link Christianity with all manner of spooky issues.. using racism as the base example of polution of the minds (not a problem for you obviously) of generations to come.. please...learn something about those you criticize.... and lose your insulting tone when you can't defend your ill-formed positions. It serves you poorly.

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