Originally Posted by
protonitron
And yet, in the West we don't tend to consider Christianity as a direct danger to society or the general peace within the populace, so whether a religion has sections of scripture which are barbaric is largely unimportant to how dangerous the religion is.
The arguments should refer to how Islam violently affects us, since the question is 'Is Islam a violent religion?'. So terrorism and human rights and such. Their religion informs their actions, so it's a perfectly viable topic.
Originally Posted by
protonitron
I am too tired to find links right now, Maybe it was Romans not Greeks, I will try to remember to link tomorrow.
The Spartans ritualised kidfucking. They left that out of the movies, though. Anyway, those were different times, and we can't make judgements on moral issues in the past - that's just poor historiography.
Last edited by Ele; Jan 11, 2015 at 05:58 AM.