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In reply to the discussion: No, Muslims Are Not More Violent Than People of Other Religions. Here Are the Facts to Prove It. [View all]herding cats
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I'm not making excuses for the bad guys in those wars, I'm just stating facts. To imply that they were religious wars is at best deflection, and at worst total bullshit.
I will say WWI was 100 years ago. WWII was 70 years ago. All the military actions he mentions in an attempt to balance out what people like ISIL/Daesh and Boko Haram are doing were ages ago, and waged for reasons other than forcing a person to assume your religion, or be tortured, raped (if you're female) and threatened with death if you refuse.
I am one of the last people to condemn all people of the Muslim faith under an umbrella of what their extremist are doing in the name of their god, but I don't think this type of excuse is doing anyone any real favors.
I believe that all religions are prone to extremist, and they can do vile things as history shows. Problem is, that's not what he's really trying to say here. Which leads me to disagree with him on his premise. He's blaming people like myself (secular) for wars waged tens of decades before my birth, and trying to equate them to what the extremist in ISIL/Boko Haram are doing today. 100/70/60 years later. When they weren't waged for the same reason, and even if several were wrong, they weren't the same and they predate most of us now by multiple decades.
He's not helping, he's essentially making excuses for things which shouldn't be apologized for. Condemn those who commit atrocities, and save your defense for those who don't. Those of all of us who don't commit atrocities are still in the vast majority globally. That's what we need to be focusing on.