Reply #11: he still has plenty of points

[tocqueville]

Transcendence the way Islam intreprets it, becomes meaningless. Allah is completely abstract. Christianity says that God is WITHIN us. Allah transcends everything and only wants submission.

Besides the point "God doesn't like blood" has a deeper meaning too. Christians were the first to forbid animal sacrifices. But Muslims even in peaceful times literally wade in blood during their ritual slaughters. Even the slaughter concept of Halal (compare Kosher) is still causing uneccessary suffering to million of animals worldwide
directly and indirectly. That's why it's now regulated in Europe.

Another point is that nowhere in the New Testament is there a concept of Jihad and forced conversion. Jesus is even the antithesis of this. But the Jihad concept (containing forced conversion) is present in the Koran and many Hadiths. Which of course is very dangerous.

the Pope says that God is reason. The Muslims say that Allah is beyond reason. That allows pretty much.

I still think that the outrage is (except for the masses that are just lead to believe whatever the Imam tells them like in the Danish cartoons they hadn't seen) founded that Benny attacked the very core of Islam, it's weak spot. The erudite Muslim scholars didn't miss it.

And I think that the fact that the Catholic Church (here he is quoting an Orthodox) has been in breach from the teachings the Pope defend, is not really a valid argument. That's exactly what the Imam of Marseille said today : "Christianity can discuss its weaknesses and reform itself. We can't, because everything is already written, no need for changes."

Compare with the US X-ian fundies and their Bible "translations"....