as always, an interesting perspective.

I would suggest that a distinction be made between Mormonism and Islam. While both have had extreme elements which committed terror, the LDS church has reformed itself. No longer does it promote the most controversial practices. Roman Catholicism went through the same metamorphis after the Reformation.


Fundamentalist Islam, on the other hand, continues to condone terror.


The rest, I definitely agree with. You should be a journalist.

 

Overall, I'd say it has reformed itself, but, as in the book, fundamentalist offshoots still commit murders in the name of God. I'd wager that most Muslims, like most people of any stripe, wouldn't be much involved in killing if there weren't an actual war going on. It's the nasty few that cause the trouble. At the same time, however, there are definite strains of violence that run in both religions, even vast swaths of the people don't take them literally enough to act on them -- and thank God for that. Also, there have been several killings and beatings done by Catholics in the Indian parts of Mexico in the last few years, and I'm sure other parts of the world as well. That's one reason I'm thankful I'm a Baptist -- we're one of the few denominations out there without a history of violence.

Thanks as always for the compliments. :-)
 

Nicely put Stephen.