No one is saying Islam should get a free reign. :banghead:

Radical Islam is beyond evil. Let's just not act like it's some sort of new and unique thing. It's also far from the worst of what radical religous beliefs have resulted in throughout history.

The only difference with modern day radicalism is that they have shinier toys at their disposal.

We have a Wahhabism problem. I think everyone can get down with that.

then how come every single time, and i do mean every single time, someone brings up radical islam you feel the need to discuss the inquisition? it's just a faulty response imo. there is no eye for an eye, both are wrong, we all accept that.

More than most hopefully

Only when someone brings up radical Islam as a way to defend a prejudice against Muslims.

No, people think its worse because the rhetoric is worse in many ways, sure Christianity has bad parts too I don't think anyone is denying that but it didn't teach to forcibly convert or murder using the ''lost man'' terminology as justification.

I personally think religion in general is the biggest mental plague on the earth but I don't think Christianity is just as bad as Islam when followed to the core.

Jesus = prophet who helped the poor
Mohammed = warlord of took slaves and raped a 9 year old

The crusades is often used as a counter argument but the reason for that was for The Byzantines to retake control of Jerusalem after The Byzantines Emperor asked for European Christians to assist in war against the Turks.
Pope Urban the second was the orchestra-tor in 1095.

So that is a good example of how they're both bad and good , if just depends on what side you're on but if religion didn't exist then there wouldn't be one side to oppose the other resulting in thousands on deaths.

yeah, poking the bear definitely doesn't help the issue at hand.

And considering you seem to defend it with such loyalty, neither do you kemosabe.

I got my money on elph being more informed on the religion. I'm sure you have good intentions Ziggy but your posts read like you get your info from a lot of incredibly biased sources, as evidenced by your posting of the religion of peace website.

Then why defend it?

I don't get all my religious information from one website btw dude not to mention the second website linked that no one criticised had the same level of statitics