Originally posted by: Rainsford
Wow, so there are protests by Muslims because the pope suggested that Islam is a terrible religion...what a shocker! He's as stupid as the rest of you dumbasses..."Islam" does not freak out, or insult people, or terrorize the west, SOME Muslims do, and turning around and lumping them all together under the banner of things their religion supposedly does is almost certainly going to piss off the more moderate Muslims. If the Muslims protesting haven't done anything "evil and inhuman", they have every right to be angry.
I swear, it's like you guys are TRYING to start a holy war here or something...what the hell is wrong with you?
Actually, your reaction is the same as the protests from Islamic leaders so far. He never suggested Islam is a terrible religion, But , because he quoted a text containing the observations of an ancient Byzantine emperor, his entire message is ignored. Muslim leaders over react to 1 quote. Sorry, but I'm just so tired of their intolerance and whining. They are just a bunch of big babies, looking to inflame their masses. The holy war you refer to has been the crux of the problems in the middle east and it's Muslim leaders who incite it. What are you thinking? Everyone should just nury their heads in the sabd and ignore the Taliban, Al Qaeda, et al?
And as I keenly observed a long time ago. More muslims are dying at the hands of other Muslims, in the middle east, than any other religion. Oh, what to decide, shiite or sunni. I guess it depends on who has the machete.
And then their is Africa. Genocide, anyone?
I think the holy war has already started. And Islam is conducting it. Or factions of Islam. But, considering the wholesale slaughter, I don't think it matters which faction or what sensitivity you offend. I'll say it's a sick religion, even if the pope won't.