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jeff47

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3. You mean just like Christianity and Judaism and every other major religion?

Reply to Warren Stupidity (Original post)

Mon Apr 6, 2015, 10:45 AM

Apr 2015

What I do say is that the call to violence and the justification for it are explicitly stated in the sacred texts of Islam

And there is a call to violence in the sacred texts of Christianity, and Judaism, and every other religion.

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Islam is not a religion of peace [View all] Warren Stupidity Apr 2015 OP

I don't think there is any "religion of peace." trotsky Apr 2015 #1

I dunno. That new church in Indiana, ChairmanAgnostic Apr 2015 #2

I don't even Aerows Apr 2015 #14

Yup. F4lconF16 Apr 2015 #4

I see your point about this article being Islamophobic, but Curmudgeoness Apr 2015 #5

I would point to organizations like the KKK and other F4lconF16 Apr 2015 #7

She is quite clear why she is singling out Islam Warren Stupidity Apr 2015 #10

And I would agree with the author that statements like that stifle the discussion. LiberalAndProud Apr 2015 #11

You mean just like Christianity and Judaism and every other major religion? jeff47 Apr 2015 #3

The gospels don't make any explicit calls for violence. Warren Stupidity Apr 2015 #6

Except the article does not exist in a vacuum. jeff47 Apr 2015 #8

"Implicit in the declaration of "Islam is not a religion of peace" is the claim that other religion Warren Stupidity Apr 2015 #9

Then why say "of peace"? jeff47 Apr 2015 #18

because she is asserting that islam is not a religion of peace. Warren Stupidity Apr 2015 #19

Seriously, try reading. It can be fun. jeff47 Apr 2015 #20

Because she is arguing explicitly against the assertion that Islam is a religion "of peace". Warren Stupidity Apr 2015 #22

Once again, I'm talking about the implications, not the literal content jeff47 Apr 2015 #27

Once again you have invented an argument not made, declared it "the implications" Warren Stupidity Apr 2015 #35

What the fuck? Act_of_Reparation Apr 2015 #23

You say "try reading" LiberalAndProud Apr 2015 #26

The term "religion of peace" comes from the etymology of the word "Islam" itself, deucemagnet Apr 2015 #32

No, it refutes the claim that others have made that Islam *is* a religion of peace. LiberalAndProud Apr 2015 #12

And as I said above, that claim is only important if other religions are religions of peace. jeff47 Apr 2015 #17

Sorry, but no skepticscott Apr 2015 #21

Except there's no point in singling it out other than to inflame. (nt) jeff47 Apr 2015 #28

If proponents of Islam choose to single it out skepticscott Apr 2015 #31

The author's criticism of islam has nothing to do with comparisons to other religions. beam me up scottie Apr 2015 #25

And why make that distinction if it doesn't apply to any religion? jeff47 Apr 2015 #29

Because she's countering the original phrase. beam me up scottie Apr 2015 #30

Hyperbole, projected Trajan Apr 2015 #33

If A then Not B does not imply if Not A then B LostOne4Ever Apr 2015 #34

Islam is the youngest... dangin Apr 2015 #13

So by that theory we would have to wait another 100 years or so Warren Stupidity Apr 2015 #15

youngest by only a couple hundred years Lordquinton Apr 2015 #24

My Yarmulke is Clear. dangin Apr 2015 #36

Ali's point of view Cartoonist Apr 2015 #16