Quote Originally Posted by Fragony
So? Is it true what Docbean said?

With all respect, do you find it so hard to understand that some people are extremily wary of Islam? I have read some of the koran and didn't like what I see and I definatily don't like what it does to people.
You might want to stay away from several chapters in the Old Testiment then. There are some things in the Old Testiment that makes Islam seem peaceful.

But then that is why most Christians focus on the New Testiment - with only certain verus being used from the Old Testiment to support the sermon of the week.

There is probably no peace because the koran seems little more then a soldiers handbook, explain the bigots among us what makes the islam so great; all I see are heads not being where they belong. If you ask me, for muslims there will only be peace when everyone has become muslim. I don't thrust you guys one bit.
And given that statement - I guess you don't trust Christians all that much either?

Now I am playing an advocate here for a reason - Islam has its problems because of people - Christianity had a lot of the same problems many many years ago and several things have changed the religion to a more loving and peaceful religion in the context of the orginial message of Jesus Christ. However if you take a took at the more extreme sects of Christianity - some of them are no better then the extremists in the Muslem faith. The difference is that in Christian Faith those extremists are marginialized by the governments and other Christian. In many of the major Muslim countries the government uses the extremists to control the population because of their own desires and tryanny. (SP)

The Religion of Islam is still finding its way out of the trap of fundmental extremism it would seem to me.

Oh and I have read both the Bible and the Koran - and while I have problems with certain passages in the Koran - I have the same problem with certain Books and Chapters in the Old Testiment.