To Big Ruger...
Epyon, I don't recall Christians blowing up women and children, or hacking peoples head off because they don't worship the same way we do.
Spanish Inquisition and during their quests in the New World, Salem Witch Trials, just about any European power that colonized Africa, Asia, and the Americas pushed their religion and usually did so with force. Slaves from Africa were introduced to Christianity, yet were under the double standard that they were less than human, but they could get to paradise if they believed. (Still did nothing to improve their lot in their life.) The British enter China and push their form of religion among other things and thus incite the Boxer Rebellion. "For God and country" last I checked to bring civilization to "savages".:barf: Oh also, let's speak of the Mormon Mountain Meadows Massacre, which was led by Christians. EDIT: Regarding the Catholic priest child molestation scandal, why were they not excommunicated from their church? They were moved to different churches in order to avoid justice, wouldn't you rank child molesting as bad as murder? (If you'd like more examples pm me about religious atrocities pm me about it.)
nate1865, have you read the ENTIRE Koran instead of your favorite bad quotes? As stated, I could go through a Bible and do the same exact thing. I could mention that the belief of hellfire and brimstone to scare people into following worked well in the Dark Ages, as did torture and "trials" for practicing witchcraft or any religion other than Christianity at that time. Has it also come to your attention that if Islam was really evil then everyone who follows it, (remember second largest religion in the world.) would be committing the same acts the terrorists are? These religious fanatics are a small number, who use the media to expand prejudice to people like you in the hopes of inducing Western hatred onto Islam so that other Muslims are forced/inclined to take up their cause. If you state and practice prejudice against YOUR Muslim COUNTRYMEN, that sets a bad example of what America is supposed to be. (Like it or not, Muslims in America are here to stay, and they have every right to be here because they're not out to break laws.)
Without Islam or the Arab world you wouldn't have algebra, trigonometry, medicine, and other technologies that Europe lacked when it was stuck in the Dark Ages thinking the world was flat. People back then were kept under the foot of religion in order for the Pope to maintain power, while the Islamic nations accelerated at science.
Epyon