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Originally Posted by Chris T
I know ... whilst generously lacing your illustration with a lot of sub-Dan Brown hokum. 
Anyway, you know I'll climb into the ring with you on this subject any time. Just not in this thread. 
Back to the Muslim moral outrage please. |
Did I say anything untrue?
Of the three religions, Islam is one which problably falls apart quickest under scrutiny, and is the one which is least tolerant of scrutiny.
Jews are able to question why should they not eat pork when these days its safe, or why they can't enjoy a nice cup of tea with milk while they eat roast beef.
Christians are able to ask whether the catholic way of worshiping is the correct way, or if they should set up their own church and worship how they see fit.
With these abilities, christianity and judaism are able to survive such questioning, and therefore tollerate it from people outside their religions.
Islam on the other hand doesn't tollerate much in the way of questioning it's beliefs.
As such many muslims who have not been exposed to the satyrical/questioning ways of the west see such action as insulting, especially if they have been told that the west is anti-islam (remember, many in the middle east have no idea that muslims exists in america for instance).