Even as an atheist, I find this the most to-the-point criticism of bigotry against Islam I’ve heard so far: facebook.com/Mediamatters/vi…

You need to watch this: Reza Aslan calls out the media for...

You need to watch this: Reza Aslan calls out the media for generalization and bigotry when reporting on Muslims.

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@stilkov absolutely no reason to confuse bigotry against Muslims & criticism of fundamental Islam. Former is despicable, the latter is not.
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@zeevs I completely agree. All religions merit being criticized.
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@stilkov @zeevs They are all wrong in the sense of truthiness. But they are not equally dangerous.
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@codeblogger @zeevs How so? They’ve all managed to create murderous zealots at different times.
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@stilkov One need to have an actual look at the believes. Motives matter. ISIS could easily do stem cell research. Christianity cannot.
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@stilkov You agreed to what Reza Asla said. I just want to make sure: The discussion is further now. You missed important points since then.
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@codeblogger I completely seem to fail to get your point. To me, all religions rely on equally unbelievable fairy tales.
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@stilkov I think we, and I did this too, totally underestimate what it means to really believe something: Hell. Punishment after death...
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@stilkov Yet we don't see this kind of behavior from christians. Even though the bible is a horrible book, there are lot of passages that...
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Replying to @codeblogger
@codeblogger This is politics, not religion. Horrible and good things being done all over the world. I believe you missed Asla’s points.

Nov 25, 2015 · 9:39 PM UTC

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Replying to @stilkov
@stilkov You have not watched the video of Sam Harris I posted.
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@codeblogger Nope. Skimmed it, found it made the same errors I see over and over again.
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@stilkov Nooooo. They don't kill gays for political or economical reasons.