Akai

Doesn't mean the teachings of the religion are good

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djchameleon

The teachings of the religion aren't good to people that don't have any faith in them.

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Akai

No, some religious teachings are fundamentally and morally bad

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Neapolitan

To paraphrase what you said. "The teachings of [islam] aren't good to people that don't follow [islam.]" That is the crux of the problem. The islamists are using the teachings of islam as an appeal to authority to justify what they do. They use them as motive and reasoning for attacking people that don't follow islam, even to attack people that hold different interpretations of islam aka heretics. The mentality of the jihadists and even that behind sectarian violence is a "might makes right mentality."

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GD

It think it's possible to re-contextualize most religious texts into a fairly benign interpretation, but no, they are not all created equal.

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Frownland

This is crazy true and it's surprising how many people don't recognize it. I mean, the bible is like three times longer than the quran.

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Goofle

Maybe the terrorism has more to do with lower IQ than religion? But I doubt that's a fun topic to discuss.

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Akai

I'd wager that (for the most part) a low IQ would be a major factor when it came to joining a religion in the first place

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Goofle

You would respond this way if I proclaimed my preference for white bread.

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djchameleon

I know he isn't. He is being dead serious and trying to slightly hide behind humor but his humor button is broken.

I am a ****ing blast!

The sheer number of people that are Muslim is what makes it seem like there are huge armies of extremists. There likely may be with a number that big but the percent of Muslims that are extremists are small.

A small percentage of 1.6 Billion is still a **** load of people.

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Fame, fortune, power, titties. People say these are the most crucial things in life, but you can have a pocket full o' gold and it doesn't mean sh*t if you don't have someone to share that gold with. Seems simple. Yet it's an important lesson to learn. Even lone wolves run in packs sometimes.