Muslims: Do you think Christians should die?

I don't either, and I've met many of them! They have always been very kind to me.

I'm very agree with you my friend.Thank you.

In these days.Muslims can do anything.bcz wht christians r doing on them.And Muslims r the most dangerous power in the whole world. one one can hold them in rage.At this time they r not doing anything bcz their relegion.ok

There are some Christians who will say that Muslims are wrong to feel that way, but feel justified in killing as many Mulims (or anyone they choose) as they can in vengeance for 9/11 whether they were involved or not. I don't believe in vengeance myself, but for those who do, they have no room to complain about Muslims feeling the same way.

Yes, I've never known anyone of any religion who said that their God expected them to kill everyone who wasn't that same religion. I believe that there are a few people who abuse religion and try to make people believe that's what their religion teaches, but that's the exception, not the rule. We shouldn't judge a religion by those who abuse it.

I really enjoyed reading this exchange. I have to tell you that it actually gave me a momentary feeling of peace inside to see these two relating to each other in this way. I wish we could see more of it in the world. Thanks.

I started reading this discussion expecting a lot of ignorant misinformation and flaming but it's a really interesting topic and responses like this help to improve my own better understanding.

Thanks Sam. You're right; we shouldn't generalize.

Agree with you Sam ISLAM means PEACE. Other religion can live together with moslem people if they always respect to each other and never disturbing to each other. Your Religion is yours and my Religion is mine

Bah lies, christians, peaceful!? How about the witch-burnings!? How about the crusades!?

Lunerian, You should do a bit of historical research. The Crusades were Europe's reaction to Moor imperialistic ambitions. Like all wars ever fought on this planet, the Crusades were all about the aspirations of one group to dominate resources and subjugate peoples who are different from themselves. And, it wasn't the European's who were looking to dominate!!!

Everything is a reaction to something that went before it. We have to stop reacting and just do what's right.

LOL Marie, your marriage pretty much disproves that whole theory of what "all" Muslims want, doesn't it? Thanks for commenting.

Oops, make that relationship, not marriage.

Yes, I really like your last statement in particular! Thanks for the excellent response.

Excellent point. Thank you for your comment.

What you've said is consistent with my experiences with people of your faith. Thanks for the links. I'll check them out.

And again, experience disproves the myth. Thanks for your reply.

And thank you for your comments. You are right that I didn't mention any Muslim friends. To tell you the truth, the only socializing I really do, other than online, is in the course of my daily life. I talk to people at school or when I'm out at the store or whatever, but I'm really quite a recluse and don't get together with anyone other than family. It's just not my thing. If I were a more social creature I would have no problem at all hanging out with Muslims. In fact, when my daughter was little, we lived (in another town) down the road from a Muslim family and she played with their two little girls all the time.

Good for your friend! I hope the starers were ashamed of themselves. sadgirl, that is awful that your husband feels so intimidated that he can't honestly express his faith.

It is frightening. My husband is Muslim and he is afraid to go to the local Mosque for fear of being labeled. He tells people at work he is a Unitarian. In a country that is founded on the principle of Freedom of Religion - this is the biggest shame of all.

I think God never teaches bad things, but I do believe that sometimes people use religion to teach bad things. However, this is done with Christianity just as much as anything else. But if we truly follow God, we won't kill each other. That I do agree with.

What most Americans cannot or will not see is that our violence matters too. Every time there is an instance of violence by a Muslim, it's labeled terrorism. Every time there is an instance of all out war against a civilian population by Americans it's somehow justified. BOTH are terrorism. And Christian fundamentalism does play a part in the terrorism that we commit. It does not have to be official government policy for that to be the case. When GWB says that God told him to attack Iraq we have a serious case of Christian fundamentalism being used for violence by a powerful government. It is unacceptable, for either religion. I don't judge Christianity by fundamentalist wrong-doing (even when it comes from the government), and I don't think it's fair to judge Islam in a way I don't want Christianity judged. Your concept of Christian fundamentalism grossly underestimates the violence and damage that it's done. Ask the people of Iraq if they think it's about abortion protests. And before you tell me that they're all killing each other and we're just innocent bystanders, allow me to remind you of our "shock and awe" treatment. That was not a fireworks show. That was cold-blooded, mass murder. Americans find it very easy to rationalize our own violence while condemning others'. I condemn both. As do many (probably most) Muslims. I'm not trying to cherry-pick anything. I'm trying to look at the whole picture because I'm tired of the cherry picking. There's a lot of hypocrisy on both sides. I live in America, so that is the hypocrisy that's most glaring to me. If killing civilians is wrong, it should be wrong for everyone. Including us! We lost 3000 people on 9/11. The retribution we unleashed was not in any way, shape, or form proportional. It wasn't even against the people who did it! If Muslims act that way the word we use to describe it is "terrorism." We need a working definition for that word and then we need to make sure that nobody does it, regardless of what country they're from. It will never end until we start to see each other as complex rather than simple. As individuals rather than ideologies.

You are falsely attributing the actions of a (heavily) secular nation to the most common religion of that country. If you're going to ignore the obvious differences and the obvious widespread influence of Islamic fundamentalism, fine. I'm not gonna bury my head in the sand or dumb anything down.

I've done my research...

How odd. Maybe you're giving off bad vibes toward them? Because like I said, I live in a largely Muslim community and I'm as WASP as they come and they are always so friendly to me that I often leave them wondering why everyone can't be so nice. Perhaps they're so warm towards me because it's rare for them to encounter an American who doesn't exude hatred and fear toward them. I don't say that to pat myself on the back. I'm sincerely trying to figure out how we can be having such different experiences.

This doesn't happen just to Americans. Has anyone kept up with the Muslim rioting in France, where 6-8 police/fire men were killed every week this summer. Cars were torched, ambulances attacked. It didn't get too much coverage here in America.

MrNiceGuy, these riots involved many non muslims too. That shows how you are brain washed by western media. Whenever there is a riot, then it must be Muslims!!

suitsme, do you remember Shock and Awe? What do you think that entailed? Are you claiming we haven't killed innocent Muslims?

Thanks for your response. If anyone would know what they're talking about, it would be you!

I hope you understand that I don't believe that all Muslims want to kill all Christians. I just asked the question in order to point out how absurd that claim is.