Religion
In reply to the discussion: Only 14, Bangladeshi girl charged with adultery was lashed to death [View all]trotsky
(49,533 posts)Because I don't need to. Facts are on my side.
Neither I, nor anyone else in this thread, is condemning "a billion followers of Islam because of the criminal acts of a dozen."
What I and others are pointing out is that those dozen WERE inspired, and motivated by, their religion's teachings. You may argue that they weren't following the "true" teachings of Islam but guess what: a sizeable portion of those billion Muslims are going to disagree with you. THAT'S the nature of religion. Division and disagreement are just as common (if not more) than peace and harmony.
Same with what's found in the bible. Like it or not, there are passages that quite clearly instruct people to punish others, sometimes with death. And some Christians (yep, they are Christians just as much as MLK was, just a different kind) even today want to follow those guidelines and execute homosexuals, adulterers, or atheists like myself. They truly believe they are following their god, their religion. When you can convince them they're wrong, then come back and lecture me.
Since the rest of your post is just more insults and straw men, I don't feel a need to address anything else.
Religion CAN be responsible for people doing good things. It CAN ALSO be responsible for people doing bad things.