Mustapha00
Well-Known Member
I can, perhaps, be forgive for not remembering the sectarian violence in Northern Ireland, but, for Dawkins, an Englishman, to have forgotten it is quite surprising. Unless he means to define the timeline as "over the last 30 or so years"- and I in no way claim to be speaking for him- his omission is difficult to explain. He is quite a militant Atheist and has never missed an opportunity to point out what he sees as failures of Christianity and Judaism.
However, there does seem to be a realization among at least some on the Atheist movement to realize that there is a very great difference between the way that Christianity and Judaism handle disagreements and disapproval with the way Islam does, and to admit that Islam, at least as the Islamic Supremacists practice it, presents a much greater danger to the world than does Christianity and Judaism. The very fact that his board exists for us to argue over such issues here and does not in the Middle East proves this point quite well.
However, there does seem to be a realization among at least some on the Atheist movement to realize that there is a very great difference between the way that Christianity and Judaism handle disagreements and disapproval with the way Islam does, and to admit that Islam, at least as the Islamic Supremacists practice it, presents a much greater danger to the world than does Christianity and Judaism. The very fact that his board exists for us to argue over such issues here and does not in the Middle East proves this point quite well.