(my emphasis added)
I will give you that the religious right can be irritatingly intolerant, but I've got to say this is way over the line.
Depends on which side of the line you stand.
I see no stonings for adultery.
But there's still beatings, cross burnings, and casting out of people in communities due to their race or sexual preference.... or if they had an abortion. The hatred and intollerance is still the same, just different actions.
Last time I looked, women were allowed to drive, to be present in the company of men other than their husband or very close relative, to dress as they like.....and to be treated equally under the law.
Yet gays can't marry or have open relationships in public without getting heckled or insulted, being called f*gs or having something chucked at them..... or just simply swarmed and beaten for who they are and what they do.
I've seen no female circumcision.
I've heard of those being done in Africa, by strong christian faithed tribes and communities. I honestly don't remember hearing of this occuring in Muslim nations, but then again, I haven't bothered to look it up. Knowing that there are christians around the world who do this, sorta cancels out your comparison.
I've not heard about a woman being executed for being raped.
Usually it's got nothing to do with being raped, but what they did against their own laws that brought the situation to hand. The rapist is also delt with.
No hands cut off for minor theft.
Perhaps they should.
No one driven into the church by men with whips.
Ok, now you're pulling sh*t out of your arse and playing with it.
No fathers legally drowning their 15 year old daughters for necking with a man.
Oh, there has been a few. Our little girl dating a black man?.... .look out.... of course it's illegal here, but all they have to do is banter on about religion this and religion that, and they get off due to insanity.
I see no trials for defaming Jesus Christ.....
Yet there's the book burnings of Harry Potter and boycotts of the movies because it promotes Witchcraft..... Ooooooo.... Don't forget about the Golden Compass..... and you thought Muslims were silly?
Nor do I see executions for converting from Christianity.....
Yet we have Mormons and Witnesses constantly harrassing everybody, telling them they're sinners and pressuring them to join their religion. Crazy religious wing nuts who stomp their feet, ignore rational thought, and try to drown out opposition to their views like little children not getting their way.
Not to mention they're trying to push Creationism into regular/public schools..... trying to force people to have no choice in their lives when it comes to having children or not..... trying to ban condoms and birth control because they promote immoral behavior.
And those are just the first steps..... I bet you as soon as they get a foothold and get their beliefs imposed on the rest of society, the executions will come soon enough.
You know, Hindus, Sikhs, Confiscians, Buddhists are not required to be executed......
I submit there is no comparison between the religious right and Islamic extremeism
Oh there's plenty, just in different approaches. They're both screwed up in their heads, both think their ways are the right ways, both think they have the right to force their beliefs onto others, both are trying to get their morals and religion thrown into everybody's lives, regardless of what they believe, Both are trying to push their religions to be incorporated into the governments everyday. Both justify their "evil doings" as being God's way.
You're just trying to split hairs between the two and saying there is no comparison. The only real difference between the two is that Christians have been placed under control a bit better for the time being. Give Extremist Christians the freedom for their religion as Extremist Muslims, and they'd probably be even worse.
Oh, don't forget about the raping and sexual molesting of children by the church..... oh and don't forget about the Roman Catholics trying to breed out and assemilate the Natives here in Canada.
When you compare the amount of atrocities each religion has done to our fellow man since their creations, Christianity beats out Muslims ten fold.
