Reply #9: As a freely chosen member of the most despised and distrusted minority in America..

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I have to say that I try intellectually to regard all religions as equal.

I'm not exposed to Muslims or Muslim bigotry in my day to day life, I am however exposed to Christian bigotry against my particular minority on a regular basis, I'm sure this warps my views of the two religions to some extent. I'm also reasonably sure if I were to be around the same sort of Muslims that I am Christians I would change my opinion somewhat.

Like most people I'm at least somewhat a product of my environment, it is my misfortune that environment has been deep within the Bible Belt for the great majority of my life.