Quote Originally Posted by Pannonian View Post
Pointing to this paragraph or that of the Old Testament to defend the right of Islamists to behave the way they do misses the point. Scarcely any believe in religious texts to guide their behaviour in life. Free healthcare at the point of service probably has more fanatical supporters than the Old Testament as directed by christians.



This does not parse.
Just to say....I don't think anybody is referring to Old Testament stories and sayings in order to defend the rights of "Islamists"* to "behave the way they do". It is to show that all religious books, of all religions, have within them violence. The idea that Islam is somehow different and inherently despicable is nonsense.

*Islamists? Is that like Christianites? The vast majority of Muslims (ie they who identify themselves as being followers of Islam) do not justify violence in the name of Islam and are as opposed to those fundamentalist terror groups as the vast majority of Christians (ie self-avowed followers of Christianity).