A class act. I need to be able to keep my sense of humor on these threads.
I maintain that you are pushing for a moral equivalency. Yes, the OT includes warfare, and even the extermination of the Amalekites.
But nowhere are Christians or Jews commanded to take the whole world by force and convert or "protect" the infidels. Nowhere can we justify any aggression or marching around cities, because the commands were very specific as to location and time.
The contrast remains. When Christians behave badly, it is in spite of the Bible. When Muslims behave badly, it is because of the koran.
I prefer my religion to that of others and believe it is morally superior as it was instituted at least, so I don't personally believe in moral equivalency. I just don't like to get "in your face" about it. And the best way to make enemies and influence people negatively is to insult their religion. That will only lead to trouble. Sometimes we get so focussed on the negative, we don't see the good things about other people.
Stefan (?) (can't write and check posts at the same time) made some excellent points about state religion. Separation of church and state was a good idea but it has by no means solved all the problems among the various Christian sects. At best, we just tolerate one another and some of us are friends with some but basically we hang out with those who exactly believe what we believe.
I do firmly believe that if any one particular religion gets total power, be it Christian, Jewish, Muslim or whatever, we would be in deep doo doo.