I thought Harris (for what amount he was allowed to speak) came off quite well. He never really got to extrapolate, which is a shame.
Islam does need to take steps into this century. No doubt about that. But it was not too long ago, repression of Homosexuals and Women was something quite prominent in the christian religion. Less than 50 years ago, woman and homosexuals and even african americans were treated with little to no respect by the catholic church. Were they killing people? No, of course not. But if you want to talk about the motherload of bad ideas, you need to look at christianity, which is really only now moving values and viewpoints into the modern age. Islam is an older religion than Christianity, and sometimes with that history, change starts slow and then ends in firestorm.
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