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The troublesome point at the moment is that most of the world's religions in recent years have eased off a good bit on vehemence and quit killing the people who believe differently. World Trade Center aside, Islamic people in several parts of Africa and Asia are fairly busy trying to thump the people they proclaim infidels. Indeed, they are rather unkind to one another in parts of the Middle East where Islam in one form or another is 90% or more of the total population. I suppose we could say that after a few centuries of infidel-thumping and internicene battling,most Christians, though not absolutely all of them, quit being so violent about religious matters. For that matter, the followers of most religions don't seem to get too worked up about what other people believe. The Islamic cultures seem to be the ones who are still either so faithful or so backward in this respect that they go in for archaic attitudes. No wonder they are not currently neighbors most people in the world would relish having in massive numbers.

Very nicely put! BTTT.

The only caveat I have --- for myself as well as others --- is that we should not be attaking their holy books. There is a difference between a religion and a church: ther latter is made up of fallable people who may, and do, commit folly and atrocities.

We should fight the "Muslim church" in the Arab world, which declaerd war on us a long time ago. We should not be shy saying so: yes, it is not individual countries we are at war with, it is the Muslim clerics who teach hatrid.

It is unproductive and wrong to seek out passages from holy books that seem to justify the "evil" nature of any religion.

Look through the previous posts. Passages in the Bible about the G-d's "sward" do not make Christianity evil. Nor does the prescribed stoning of adulterers, which we do not practice. We should not commit the same mistakes with regard to other religions.

I enjoyed reading your post, thanks.

It is unproductive and wrong to seek out passages from holy books that seem to justify the "evil" nature of any religion.

For a Christian, it is essential and right to mark the Koran as such a book. Mark peaceable Muslims themselves for mistreatment or injustice? Absolutely not. Mark their Holy Book as proceeding from an evil source? Absolutely. That is all part of being as wise as serpents but as harmless as doves.

Graham deserves applause from Christians even as he is excoriated for his words by the PC crowd.