I continue to wonder why progressives are so protective of Islam

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373. I'm an agnostic because I really can't swallow a whole religion's "teachings" as "truth"...

I can read parts of each religion, and see a lot of value in the way those have written good pieces that help shape people's lives in a positive way, but I'm still asking myself the question of what is "god given" to us.

I suppose if I ever go through an out of world experience, where suddenly things come to me that aren't explainable except for something that would be provided by a god-like entity, I might change my being an agnostic, but I feel that by questioning everything, and also looking for value in everything I take in, I feel that the inner sense I have of what makes a world community work for everyone's better is the essence of what god would want if he exists. That I have those feelings is what has me feel I also can't be an atheist, which denies the possibility of any such experience, or spiritual sense of being that I might have.

I also try to respect others that try to appreciate the good experiences of a religion, even if not multiple religions, as I feel they are looking for the same spiritual guidance of self consciousness that I do. I try not to look at any one religion as the best guide over the other, and therefore try to respect well meaning Muslims as much as I can well meaning Christians.

I also try to focus on taking down bad interpretations of religion that lead to the extremism of certain islamic groups like Al Queda, Christian groups like the KKK, or others that try to use spiritual belief to justify evil action. In my book, they themselves are evil, not the religions they are trying to coopt in giving them license for their evil.