[littlelilac]

but can you all see where if you replace Catholic with Islam
in that same paragraph we all get the heebejeebies, but the Muslims believe the exact same thing, it's their duty to bring you into their way of thinking.......

[Tax-chick]

if you replace Catholic with Islam in that same paragraph we all get the heebejeebies

Why should we? Moslems have the same freedom to attempt to convert others to their religion as any other group, within the limits of the civil and criminal law. If a member of any religion breaks the law, then it's the fact that he broke the law that is relevant ... not the content of his religious faith.

[sitetest]

Dear littlelilac,

As I haven't argued that folks should be "persuaded" of the truth of Catholicism at the point of the sword, I'm not sure that replacing "Catholic" with "Islam" is quite the same.

The Koran is pretty explicit about the use of the sword to compel assent to Islam.

If the biggest worry of Islam were from peaceful attempts to persuade us to belief in it by its adherents, life would be far freer, easier, and safer.


sitetest

[livius]

Muslims are perfectly welcome to try to make converts - peacefully, by convincing people that their religion is true - but without the use of beheadings, slaughter or any of the other violence, no matter how rooted in their holy writings. Just like Jehovahs' Witnesses, in other words, who do nothing more violent than ring your doorbell and talk your ear off.

[TradicalRC]

the Muslims believe the exact same thing, it's their duty to bring you into their way of thinking.......

Actually, I find that democracies seem far scarier in terms of imposing their "enlightened" political system on the rest of the world.