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"The Judeao-Christian-Islamic religion has a dark side. No reason just to pick on the Islamic strain."

That may be, but where in Bible or the Torah, exactly, are Christians or Jews exhorted to literally hunt and kill disbelievers?

The Spanish Inquisition, you say? Well, that took place during a time that we in the West freely admit was dark and uncivilized.

The time has come for the civilized peoples of the world to bring the light of reason and knowledge to those who have wallowed in the darkness of ignorance and repression.

In fact the Rabbis have always said that a court that executes once in 70 years is called a bloodthirsty court. If anyone would study the rules of evidence for a Jewish court, one would soon realize that it is very difficult to convict someone with an exceptionally strong presumption of innocence. Moreover, the western notion of presumption of innocence comes from Jewish jurisprudence.

>> The Spanish Inquisition, you say? Well, that took place during a time that we in the West freely admit was dark and uncivilized.

The time has come for the civilized peoples of the world to bring the light of reason and knowledge to those who have wallowed in the darkness of ignorance and repression <<

I agree! And the way to do it is for Jews and Christians to tell Muslims, "Hey, OUR holy books are just as bad! The Old and New Testament have AS MUCH FALSENESS as the Koran. We have ALL THREE advocated some ignorance and repression. See us now renounce OUR false passages, even as we invite you to do the same."

That way, we'll do what YOU SAY we should do, and attack ALL SOURCES of ignorance and repression, and not just pick on Islam.

Let's demonstrate our Good Will against ALL ignorance and repression by rejecting false passages from the Old and New Testaments and Koran jointly.