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Originally posted by RACooper
I think that is a rather weak arguement - basically because there is just as much religous related/motivated violence out there in the news, but you seem to highlight really only those stories that feature Islam.
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Coop, Rudey ceded this very point - it is also implicit in his overall view that no religions are truly 'peaceful' in totality.
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Originally posted by RACooper
For example if you log onto Netscape today you can see a story about a Catholic priest commiting sucide after killing two people at a funeral home... or how about the sectarian violence that flared up last month in Ireland? The thing is Islam is as much a religion of peace as Christianity is - radicals and hatemongers can hide within the folds of any religion really, it just important that you realize that the vocal/active minority does not always represent the majority or the true faith.
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It's not a matter of 'majority vs. minority' within the individual religions - you're using the wrong comparison, and I'm not sure how else to get you to see this.