[Dajjal]

Every religious group has some end-of-the-world prophecies, but they don't all go flying passenger planes into American skyscrapers.

[SupplySider]

Every religious group has some end-of-the-world prophecies, but they don't all go flying passenger planes into American skyscrapers.

Agreed, but every group has some members who use their personal interpretations of their scriptures to justify some pretty horrid acts. I'm not trying to make religions out to be equivalent. I was just struck by the fact that fanatics of all stripes can sound amazingly like each other.

In any case, thanks for your comments.

[risk]

Every religious group has some end-of-the-world prophecies, but they don't all go flying passenger planes into American skyscrapers.

And Christians who are deeply concerned about end times are interested in converting people by faith, not by force. There are several competing doctrines, but none of the commonly-followed ones in post-Enlightenment times call for killing a race of people, nor do they call for threatening individuals in order to convert them.

The roots of Christian tolerance are found in the story of Christ's sacrifice. His death changed the tenor of God's enforcement of his requirements, a common belief held among all Christian denominations.

There is a difference between waging a world war to defend a culture (the west) after it's been attacked, and genocide for its ideological sake (extreme Islam).