re: #124 Charles

You may say it’s a “poor argument,” but by admitting that Muslims can and do choose not to follow the more extreme fundamentalist dictates of Islam, you’re actually agreeing with my point. Choosing not to practice extremist dogma is what we call “moderation.”

Certainly, I was talking about Islamic sects, and Islam as a set of ideas. Had I meant “Muslims” I would have said so.

Muslims are people that self-identify as such, and they can be just going through the motions and actually atheists in reality. Islam, OTOH, is what the various sects say it is.