Really? But I thought you said you didn't "know me to judge whether or not I was bigoted?
You can cast your aspersions all you want,Sam.
I don't hate anyone or individual Muslims.
But I DO despise a *religion* that is an outright lie, abuses women, and preaches death and hatred. Please try to understand the difference between loving the sinner, and hating the sin. you implied you were a Christian, than that concept shouldn't be foreign to you.
Peaceful Muslims are peaceful IN Spite OF what the Qu'ran says, NOT because of it.
This is a picture of my son, a Marine.
I resent someone like Bob Byrd who would use the "N" word,as he did a couple of years ago, especially given his racist past, in both his words and actions.
As I said, it's typical of someone with a weak view point, to keep up the personal slander. Keep inferring that I'm a bigot, because of my views on the Islamic religion.
That way, you can "pigeon-hole* me, so you don't have to consider anything I'm trying to convey to you. Because you are so much more "enlightened" than me, I guess.
I AM thankful that Islamists aren't all faithful followers of the radical sects, no, only about 3% of them, which makes that about 30 million fanatical radicals in the world, devout followers of the pirate pedophile Mohammad.
(You did know Muhammed took a little seven year old girl to be his wife* didn't you?...and you did know ol' *Prophet* Muhammad killed over seven hundred people, right?)... And he ordered many of them beheaded, as well.
Hmmm...that sounds familiar...21st century Islamists beheading folks...hmmmmm
""And before I waste my time reading either of the diatribes you've posted above, do these have anything to do with mainstream Islam? Or is this more cherry-picking from the fringe?"
Mainstream Islam?"
You clearly don't know much about Islam, if you've never read Ibn Warraq, who is an Arab, and wrote "Why I Am Not A Muslim", or Amir Taheri, who is an Iranian, and knows quite well what Islam is all about. He is a Muslim...so Taheri must be a bigot, for CRITISIZING Islam, HUH?
Oh yeah...Ibn Warraq had to change his name from his Muslim birthgiven name to avoid having a fatwah being issued on him, when he wrote his book: "Why I Am Not A Mulim"
And speaking of which, why don't any "mainstream" muslim organisations issue fatwah against terrorists?
They don't, or at least I've never read any of them doind so. No, they issue fatwas on anyone criticizing Islam.
Take Salmon Rushdie, for example, where is he my slanderous FRiend?
You appear by all that you say, to be a multi-culturalist.
A multi-cuturalist believes all religious cultures must be given equal treatment, no matter how unequal that religion treats those outside their religion, no matter how intolerant it is towards equality of treatment of people.
Oh, yeth...we muth rethpect all cultures, and their diverthity. No matter how screwed up they are. No matter how intolerant the are.
It *appears* that you just wanna feel good about yourself, and congratulate yourself for being sooo tolerant of others.
Just like my feminist sister, who supports all sorts of liberal causes, feminism, abortion, gay marriage, etc... and then talks about Muslims "women of cover", with such respect, the irony of which is fairly glaring to objective thinkers, of whom you *appear* not to be.
This must be a fairly new trend, as Maddona has been seen prancing around in a burka, at her concerts lately.
Wow.
