sapphi_snake said:
Really, I doubt you need to go that far to be labeled an extremist.The Church in question is definately extremest in their thinking, and the burning of the Qu'ran is definately an extremist act. It's a bad argument to say that they'rebetter just because they're less violent (for now). And in the past there are great examples of Christian Churces doing just that (the Crusades for example). Nowadays Western nations are secular, and more evolved and civilised then they were back then so it's unlikely you'll find Christian chruches doing something as extreme as you said in a western country (though a mob that burns books today can turn into a lynch mob tomorrow). It's all related to how evolved and progressive a society is. You won't find many mosques recruiting terrorists in Turkey (secular country where most people are muslim), but you'll most likely find them in Afghanistan (primitive society with religion is deeply rooted in the national culture and where people are poor, conservative and have little access to quality education, hence are easily manipulated and don't think rationally). |
It's pretty good for Christian history if you have to go back to the Crusades to condemn us. Not bad at all. There has been some in-house fighting though but still that's long long time ago.
It's true that the biggest problem with Islam is place like Afghnistan where most terrorists are not educated and ride short camels. (I heard this on the radio today)
