@bob_the_fisherman Said
Fair enough. So my idea of telling the truth about Islam to;
1. Arm the west with the information required to make informed decisions about Islam, and
It's a religion, an ideology. People take what they want out of religion and leave the rest. All religion has variance among it's population. If I learn that someone is a Christian then the only thing I've learned is that they believe in God. Every thing else is simply a predisposed assumption that may, or may not, be true. The same holds for Islam. The only thing I learn if someone says they are Muslim is that they believe in Allah(God).
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2. Remove the ability of spastics like Anjem Choudary, ISIS, HAMAS, Boko Haram, Muslim Brotherhood etc., to hide behind lies, subversion and "moderate" Islam (you know, groups like CAIR that get caught out time and again funding terror organisations);
You remove nothing by doing this. If you think that anyone even remotely drawn to violence justifying rhetoric is going to give two s***s about what an 'infidel' has to say about Islam then you're kidding yourself. The Christians couldn't stop it and I damn well don't expect the Muslims to fair any better.
And without the circling of the wagons lets get right to the heart of the issue. You argue that there has to be a middle ground between 'anyone claiming to be Christian is Christian' and 'only those who use the most literal and strict interpretation of the bible can be called Christian'. Let's say that I agree with that. I don't, but for the sake of argument, let's say I do.
How do YOU know where that point is and why should we accept your judgement?
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3. Stop these same evil groups from luring in new members through lying and creating a false narrative around a reality that does not exist, and
"No. I think it more relies on people who see Islamic violence as justified." Post 114. So which are you arguing? That Islamic groups are luring in those based on a false reality, or that that reality doesn't really matter because they believe violence is justified?
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4. Rewriting the narrative about the legitimacy of the evils contained in the koran to expose it such that the Muhammad-style Islam becomes a source of ridicule
You rarely ever questioned anything that I said was in the Bible. Oh you questioned it's legitimacy and it's interpretation, but you only once questioned whether the thing I was talking about was actually in the Bible. We can argue over interpretation all day, about whether a certain understanding has fallen into favor or not, but you cannot deny that it is IN the Bible. But this is the game you so revel in playing when it's Islam on trial. You like to say over and over that it is IN the Koran, but the dancing around of interpretation only happens when we talk about the Bible's passages. Now suddenly the dancing around of interpretation becomes 'apologetics'.
Tell me, what makes Islam reinterpretation of text apologetics, but Christian reinterpretation not?
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5. Stop "moderate" Muslims from lying about Islam being "feminist" and "pro women" and "peaceful" that makes idiotic over pampered, over privileged and unbelievably stupid western women especially, legitimise and protect the most vile and woman hating religion on the planet and allows real Islam to hide in their shadows and kill the innocent, is much, much, much, much,much, much, much, much, much, much, much, much, much, much, much, much, much, much, much, much, much, much, much, much, much, much, much, much, much, much, much, much, much, much, much, much, much, much, much, much, much, much, much, much, much, much, much, much, much, much, much, much, much, much, much, much, much, much, much, much, much, much, much, much, much, much, much, much, much, much, much, much, much, much, much, much, much, much, much, much, much, much, much, much, much, much, much, much, much, much, much, much, much, much, much, much, much, much, much, much, much, much, much, much, much, much, much, much, much, much, much, much, much, much, much, much, much, much, much, much, much, much, much, much, much, much, much, much, much, much, much, much, much, much, much, much, much, much, much, much, much, much, much, much, much, much, much, much, much, much, much, much, much, much, much, much, much, much, much, much, much, much, much, much, much, much, much, much, much, much, much, much, much, much, much, much, much, much, much, much, much, much, much, much, much, much, much, much, much, much, much, much, much, much, much, much, much, much, much, much, much, much, much, much, much, much, much, much, much, much, much, much, much, much, much, much, much, much, better than your idea.
But please, feel free to continue arguing.
Yes, shouting into the void is much more preferable to navigating a veritable minefield in the hopes of finding a solution. Whatever was I thinking?