More demands from Islam

[RACooper]

Originally Posted by Kevin

Except there is no other religion or ideology (except perhaps Communism) that exists in such great numbers and poses a substantial threat.

Some might argue Capitalism as well...

Last I checked, there is only one minority group that kills people for drawing politically incorrect cartoons.

Yet - although watching the news I do wonder about some of the more ardent "Christian" groups in the US and Africa

An argument might be made that Scientology is really, really bad, but then again, they don't operate in such numbers.

The prefer non-direct vectors of attack, lawsuits and the establishment of funds/museums/schools to promote their views... and they did inflect "Battlefield Earth" on us

There isn't another group of religious zealots that wants to do things like return Spain to a hyper-Islamic Caliphate.

Of course only Islamic groups want that - the irony of course being that the Spanish Caliphate was remarkably liberal and enlightened, the loss of Iberia sparked the fundamentalist bent we see still fueling segments of Islam.

Of course I could easily point to many "Christian" congregations/denominations that would like to see America (and others) turned into a "Christian Nation" which is just as terrifying as a fundamentalist Islamic Caliphate to me.

Nowhere today do Christian fundamentalists or any other sort of fundamentalists exist in such numbers and employ such tactics as extremist Muslims you'll find in Europe, the Middle East, and to a lesser extent in the U.S. When the radical Christianists blow up a major building or commit a really bad act in the name of Jesus, I might change my opinion.

Christian fundamentalist exist in huge numbers, hell they account for 1/3 of American "Christians" and many do and have happily killed and terrorized "non-Christians" in the name of God - Christian Identity, the Ku Klux Klan, the Christian Patriots, the 'Concerned Christians', etc. from the US - the Iron Guard in Romania, the "Christian" paramilitaries in the Former Yugoslavia, the Indonesian "Christian" death squads and terror-cells, etc.

Hell there are breeding grounds for Christian extremism turning out more adherents every year like BJU, or groups like Answers in Genesis promoting their own twisted propaganda, or folks like Warren Jeffs or Fred Phelps out there who if given any measure of political power or a less stable society would happily act on their sick version of "faith".

I don't kid myself into believe that there aren't just as equally sick and twist ideologies lurking in the great Christian community that mirror those of the extremists of any ideology - particularly looking at the history of my faith, I know that violence can easily be justified in the name of Jesus by those looking for an excuse to express their hate, intolerance, or anger. So I just happen to look objectively at other faiths and ideologies and understand that they to will have elements within them just as repugnant and hateful as those still infecting Christianity.