Perhaps it depends on what God you are serving, Vesta. Christians serve God too, but a God of forgiveness. And Islam a 'god' of vengence. it would seem the two are at odds. In this case, even if one does not have a belief system(like DUmmies), the question would(and should) be, which faith benefits humanity most through it's practice and it is not the latter of the two.
Liberals, in particular, have a tendency of picking whoever they see as the minority in any area. It does not matter to them how morally bankrupt or nonsensical or viscious that minority is; like children, they pick as their champion that which rebels against what they see as the paternal figure in any society. Sorry, that's a bit off tangent, but there it is.
Your point JTY is taken and accepted.
Society however is paternal run, has a double standard to favor the male. I see nothing in either the Koran or Bible that places any value on the female-----with the exception of the Catholic Church that after 1,000 AD began the veneration of Mary but only because she was the chosen to give birth to Jesus.-- I have read that as woman began to gain controll money the Church had to keep the woman faithfull and were forced to give respect to a female figure.
God and there can only be one of them in our faith, unless Hindu, Carry many names and wears a dozen hats. The different Chronicles that go back thousands of years are much alike just different traditions.
What I ask is what evil is in the Koran that one can not compare to the Old Testament storeys.?
What drives men to decide that his faith is any better then others. At one time a Quaker woman was dragged in back of a cart in my area through town as punishment for her beliefs.
Why is it so upsetting for us to hear the Muslims wish to kill all non-believers. At one time the faith we follow also believed this and and we turn a blind eye to our heritage.
Have we run up against a faith that people follow to the letter where as we just give lip service to our own faith. Have we become so self sufficient we no longer need to obey the laws laid down by our God.?
We call ourselves Christians, yet we have a loop hole that allows us to do as we wish--free will--and at a later date feel bad about our acts, confess and begs God to forgive us for using the very thing he gave to us. We expect to be forgiven, even demand it of God.
Questions such as this have haunted me all my life, I believe Jimmy Carter who after 60 years left his church over the [Woman must be subjuctagated to her husband ] Why didn't he leave as a youth, why take a life time to figure out that to his mind this is not valid.?
Now we are amazed to find within our society people that follow and live as their Prophet tells them to. Has done so for since the 700 AD era.
What happend to [ Onward Christian solders, marching off to war ]