re: #73 klys

I assume you are referring to me, so I will answer you, about 8% of all Muslims in the US, according to the Pew Survey I linked, to think that suicide bombers are often or sometimes justified to defend Islam . This is slightly lower than the average of 11% (according to the survey), or about 165 million worldwide.

I don’t have the numbers for the amount of Christians that feel it is acceptable to use suicide bombers (which comparable would be 231 million), maybe you can get Pew to do a survey. Of course, suicide bombers are rarely an issue in Christianity, Judaism, “insert another religion here”., which is why the question of Muslims was asked.

Would you like to talk about how appalling other religions are? I can talk about how the Roman Catholic church seems to protect child predator priests, or how Ultra Orthodox Jews like to spit on little girls and call them “sluts” or “whores” but I thought this thread was about Islam.

I don’t think you saw the part where Sam Harris says we have to protect and nurture the moderate (nominal) Muslims that don’t like what these crazies are doing in the name of the religion they share. Krystof pointed out how courageous some of his friends are that are doing this in Muslim countries (2 in jail, 1 dead) but I think you are leaning towards the exact position Harris accused liberals of doing.