Quote Originally Posted by Poopadoop View Post
My question for Wuf is this:

Did you start with the idea that Islam is a bad religion and then go try to find evidence to support this view, or did you start with the idea that it might be good or it might be bad or it might be neither, and go try to find out which it is?
I'll hop in here if I may.

I started with the idea that Christianity was bad, the crusades the inquisition, etc. I thought we in the west were responsible and to blame for all the trouble in the middle east. Etc.

Then my critical view of religion as a whole lead me to study up on various religions, not just the dominant one in the west. This is where I may differ from wuf-- I think faith based belief systems are a net negative for society at this point in time. It's just that I think faith based belief in certain sets of ideas is more damaging.

Fuck.. I guess I'm sorta jumping into this again...