Aura7541 said:
Anectodal evidence? You're going to need to offer something much better than that. |
Anecdotal evidence is enough to counter a sweeping generalization.
| Aura7541 said: How about this?
As you can see, it shows the percentage of Muslim men who believe that the wife must always obey her husband in certain countries. |
No, it shows the percentage of Muslim men who agree or mostly agree that the wife must always obey her husband in certain countries.
What does it mean to "mostly agree"? That's going to vary from person to person.
| Aura7541 said: For your objection to be correct, then there should be a similar percentage of Christian men who believe that the wife must always obey her husband in countries like the US, Canada, Germany, UK, France, Russia, etc. Is that the case? Well, according to this study on evangelical prostestants around the world done by Pew Research, no:
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I'm seeing some key distinctions between the two statistics you've presented: in the first, Muslims in general were polled but the second, after following your link (http://www.pewforum.org/2011/06/22/global-survey-of-evangelical-protestant-leaders/), it wasn't necessarily all Christians but only those of the Evangelical Protestant sect. It didn't stop there: the link lead to a survey of Evangelical Protestant leaders, not Evangelical Protestants in general. In addition, the first only takes a look at Muslims in general in about 23 countries. The second takes a look at Evangelical Protestant leaders around the globe.
You're comparing apples to oranges.
