Is this possible? Is it possible that two different believers can believe two different philosophies within the same textual framework? Does it matter?
I think where the logic fails at times is that some see the believers as equally guilty because of the context of their holy texts. Personally, I blame the text and those who wrote it. I also blame those who promote it without evaluating the consequences as well as those who evaluate the consequences and expect the outcome. Those who use it to commit atrocities are probably beyond reform and have some other proclivity toward violence for any number of reasons. Yes, I blame them too but their condition is an added ugliness not an excuse (sorry this needs to be spelled out sometimes).
"If two different people claim to be Christians, they are equally Christian..?"
But does that make all Christians equal? Two different things.
"one cannot be an atheist yet believe in a god." True beyond a doubt.
Can one be a Muslim and believe in non violence while another believes in violent acts in the name of the same deity? To not fall into the "true Scotsman syndrome" I'd have to say yes. If I lump them all together then I am actually falling into the same trap they use to justify their religion's faults.
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