Saying I don't like to insult their religion is not moral equivalence. Salman Rushdie got himself into a bit of hot water by insulting Mohammad's wives (or they took it as an insult). The pope asked Catholics not to buy the book. I didn't buy the book nor did I check it out at the library (if it was there or not I don't know). Frankly the book didn't sound interesting.
What are we supposed to do? Get on with our lives and try to live our faith as best we can in the midst of it all. I suppose we'll have to take over the world and try to tame them . . . sigh.
Obviously we can't wantonly start killing them all just because we think they might be wanting us dead or enslaved. . .
It will all end up in a terrible war or series of wars no doubt.
What am I going to do personally? Not feed my emotions of fear and hatred. They are very destructive emotions.
First I was supposed to hate the Japanese. Then I was supposed to hate the Germans. Then I was supposed to hate the North Koreans. Then I was suppoosed to hate the Russians. Then I was supposed to hate the North Vietnamese and the Cubans . . . and the Central Americans . . . I'm tired of hating and fearing.
This, too, will pass.
No,you were expected to recognize your enemy with your brain. Hate is from the heart. If your brain tells you that a person is coming to kill you, the brain may order the heart to hate him. The pacifist approach will not only get you killed but will endanger your neighbors too. If people are actively plotting to kill us, I want our government to act. You have terribly confused emotion with intellect. Very dangerous.
If you want to ignore Islam that is fine for yourself, but let others reveal the truth. Look at today's AP pictures from Lebanon. A mother smiling as she took a knife to the head of her 3 year old to bleed him. That is Islam. Blood is a major feature of their belief.