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Originally Posted by The_Future
Question= If you attend a Christian church for many years and later you find out that the Pastor engages in adultry, or homosexuality, or some type of other than honorable act ; does that make you the same as he because you are apart of the congregation?
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It does if you praise him for doing it, celebrate the acts, or encourage others to do so, or collect money to knowingly pay for his sin, as many Muslims do.
I would acknowledge that many Muslims are peaceful people, some may even be tolerant (though the Quran does not advocate that throughout), but very few are actually speaking out against the violence being committed in their God and Prophet's name.
Many Muslims are actually supporters and enablers of the violence. If just 50% of the Muslims in Iraq reported suspected terrorists and terrorist acts, how long do you think it would take to eliminate the threat and establish peace?
As far as the Inquisition and the Crusades go as examples of Christian violence (specifically, Catholic), who today is advocating loudly and publicly, as Martin Luther did with Christianity, for a reformation of the Islamic faith?
IMHO, we have a violent medieval religion in primitive countries which have stagnated, and are refusing to evolve, modernize, or oppose the murder and violence being committed in their names.
TR