re: #155 Political Atheist

Cherry picking is often “accurate”. It’s also misleading. Is that a fair summery of the bible in your view? In this case it’s ignoring any and all of the good things the OT or new testament calls for. Lots of old religious documents are quite violent as was the time and place. But thanks to one horrible day, Mr Huckabee and Fischer, we have what I objected to.

Would a similarly hostile post about the Koran be appropriate here today? Or shall we wait for some horrific incident at an Islamic school? Or as I believe-We should refrain from that kind of thing.

Do we really want to see a Pam Geller & Islam kind of view of the bible here today? I don’t.

I just came back from Facebook where a friend of my brother’s was doing some kind of MBF act, citing school murders by Muslims using Jihad Watch, NRO, thereligionofpeace, and Free Republic as sources. I think his point was that the US ain’t so bad—look at these other people. It’s a senseless reaction when there’s obviously something wrong here to point elsewhere and say there’s something wrong ‘over there’.

So, no MBF act, you’re right that we should refrain from that. But let’s not shy away from talking about what’s wrong here.