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Originally posted by Opacho
I think it's because the rest of the world is progressing but muslims are still stuck in their belief in god. People are increasingly becoming more atheist (I wonder why). Tell a Christian you think their god is ****, they'll just shrug it off or get annoyed. Tell that to a muslim you'll get beaten/thrown out of their house/etc for sure. I myself am an Atheist but only a fool would compare Christianity with Islam today as there have been no 'coordinated attacks' by Christians in order to spread terror to non-believers in modern times. That's why people react the way they react and you CAN'T expect Parisians to not feel any sort of way after all that has happened. You simply can't. It's easy to spread 'positivity' and 'love' and 'no hate' messages when your ass is not in danger of an imminent terror attack. I agree, extremists =/= all muslims, but don't be telling that to frightened people of Paris, not now.
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Such a stark generalisation considering you're an atheist - do you have first hand experiences with being a Muslim and dealing with anti-Islam remarks? Your response is one-sided and ignoring Christian atrocities in history, such as the Crusades, the cultural cleansing of the Natives in the 15th century, the Bosnian genocide, and more recent and prevalent issues such as the KKK. Christian atrocities go undiscussed because of White-Christian being the norm and very prominent Christian propaganda avoiding these discussions.
The U.S.A. has been droning the Middle East and South Asia for a very long time and events such as what just happened in Paris happen in Pakistan, Afghanistan, Libya etc. occur A LOT more frequently.
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only a fool would compare Christianity with Islam today as there have been no 'coordinated attacks' by Christians in order to spread terror to non-believers in modern times
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is highly inaccurate and an exemplification of how unknown Christian terrorism is (which has spanned across thousands of years until today). That's not to say the recent terrorist attacks were deserved or suddenly ISIS aren't to blame, but if you're going to make stark and sweeping generalisations like that, at least make SOME sense.