Not Everyone Who Criticises Islam Is Islamophobic

[guillaumeb]

44. Then we might disagree.

Because I feel that the two statements express the same thing.

1) "those who criticize all religion are, in my personal view, intolerant of the concept of belief"

2) "if one criticizes people for the specific act of having faith I will call that intolerance"

These things say essentially the same thing using slightly different words. Belief and faith are used to convey the same concept. Neither action is based on something that is provable. One must believe to have faith.

To illustrate:
I believe in a Creator that I cannot see, therefore I must have faith that the Creator exists. I cannot prove or disprove the Creator's existence.

I know that water freezes at 0 C at sea level. Belief and/or faith do not enter into this statement. It is easily provable and replicable.

And we both apparently agree that criticizing specific people for their actions is not the same as criticizing religion.