Talk:Developing A Universal Religion/Present Day Religions/Islam

"They strive for a global theocracy and are not above using terrorism to achieve their ends."

I think that you should make up your mind here wether you are writing a simple Islamic explanation page, or a POV page. If it is a POV page, then be honest about it and link to something to balance it.

I notice that you didn't mention the same problem with Christians, who have killed and murdered far more people in the name of their religion than any other. And who actually achieved a near global theocracy at the height of the Roman Catholic Empire.

I'm not going to edit it, and to be truthful, I agree with you, but that isn't the point. I think that having two pages, one to simply tell the "Nuetral facts" and one to then discuss the serious problems, is in order, and far more fair.

On the other hand, i could go find a dozen Islamic BBSes, post your article, leave a link, and let you hear from them what they think about it...lol. (Sorry, i wouldn't do that,)

Also, I think that it is very important, even whilst indicting Islam for its serious flaws, to make a distinction between those who follow the faith ernestly, and those who are actually politicos, using the faith as a way to manipulate the populations. (And again, the same thing goes for christianity) Islams Core tenets, just as Christianities core tenets, do have injunctions against war and violence.

Prometheuspan 03:33, 1 February 2006 (UTC)

Yes, you make a good point. But I was referring to “Islamists,” not Muslims (this also covers your last point, I think) and referring to current, not past, behaviours. Christians, certainly, behaved just as badly (or even worse). But someone might like to edit the text to clarify this point. Thanks. David Hockey 22:00, 22 February 2006 (UTC)
 * Hello Prometheuspan:

P.S. See [| Islamism. 4.Islamist movements] David Hockey 14:07, 24 February 2006 (UTC)