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Originally Posted by nik-
On a literal by the book comparison, you really shouldn't (however, I will say that the New Testament is relatively tame, the Old Testament is garbage imo). I think where the issue comes is that Islam, from the mouths of muslim friends, treats itself as the solution to everything. Not just the religious aspect, but financial and political. It also claims it is the last and final word, which obviously leads to the infidel issue. I think equal contempt for the fundamentalists on both sides is reasonable, it's just that the violence count is so stacked towards one side that it's a little disingenuous.
Islam needs it's Age of Enlightenment and for that to even start it needs honest self reflection and an acceptance that its ideas are not infallible.
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Didn't Islam sort of have its Age of Enlightenment until the Christians showed up during the Crusades?