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I think that sects of Islam teach these versions of Islam just as certain sects teach the (Buddhist zen type of Islam of pure peace). I don't deny that many factions teach this hate. My point is that people act as if ALL Islamic people think this way or read these things. In Christianity, we have the "advantage" of naming our different sects so that we can stand back and say, "Hey, that was not our version of Chrisianity that said that."

When you get into the part of using our religious principles to defend your point by using what God said, then you are doing the same thing they are doing (not by killing, but by thinking your religion is the right one).

I don't mean to start another discussion, but have you ever noticed the similarities between Christianity, Eastern religion, Greek and Roman mythology, Islam, etc. Many of these have the same basic principles, they just go about them in different ways. I don't proclaim to know what God thinks or does, but lets say the ONE God of the Universe made a docorine of a certain set of rules and standards to abide by. Now lets pretend that these words were told to millions and millions of people. You would have many, many, many different versions of the same story or doctorine. You would have extremists in both the liberal and conservative versions of this doctorine as well as different names for the same God. Now, the only assumption that we have to operate on in real life is the one God which we already believe in and the rest of the story could very possibly be a reality. Like I said, I am not saying that this is right, but it is something to think about. Why are we so sure that we have it right and everyone else on the face of the planet has it wrong? Again, I am not condoning the actions of terrorists or religious extremists of any brand, I am just saying that we should judge ourselves on the same playing field that we judge others (which we shouldn't be doing anyway if we are Christians).

I also do commend FR for its great debaters and discussions that we have even though we all say and do some stupid things. . . myself included. Did I just say that? :)