The other place you quoted, you implied that I was speaking about the people, however I plainly said the "muslim faith." I don't like the muslim's view of convert them or kill them. Now based on your last post, I am a racist because I just insulted billions of people.
No, I would say bigot. Based largely on false information. Of course, people are force feeding false information. If it's willingly accepted and other information ignored, for instance, then it's honest to goodness bigotry worked on and preserved.
For instance, the two Koranic verses I cited above are entirely out of context.
http://islam.about.com/od/terrorism/f/terrorism_verse.htm
I would say you're a racist if you were one of the idiots who went around thinking Sikhs or anyone with a turban, muslim name or appearance was Muslim *and* held the false image of Islam you have. If you look at an Iraqi in America and assume American killing Muslim instead of Iraqi Orthodox Christian refugee (we have quite a few of these in Texas).
Of course, we're sitting hear having a conversation where many are angry our military isn't putting Jesus on the side of weapons (or at least these weapons).
Here are some common objections against Christianity:
I don't like its acceptance of slavery
I don't like its propagation of apartheid and Jim Crow
I don't like its praise of genocide
I don't like its support of racism
I don't like the Christian's view of convert them or kill or enslave them (history of the Western hemisphere and Europe)
All bigoted statements, over generalizations - a lot of it based on the suffering of millions of people over generations, based on scripture and explicite statements by denominations and even modern religious leaders who have a high level of support.
All based on the fringe and extreme.
1 billion people aren't trying to kill the rest of the world. We would kinda notice if 1/6th of the world's population was in constant attack and had been since its inception. Every statement and action by Muslim leaders are ignored to support the myth - the Koran is ignored.
Yes, its bigotry to judge every member of a group by its deviant extreme.
Which is why I'm not nervous when I sit with Muslim members of my lodge.
Just some food for thought...
Why does the military put your faith on your dogtags?
Burial? Not to cause someone else's..
You do realize that not everyone is issued the Trijicon ACOG right?
The military is also issued the Aimpoint M4 and the EOTech holographic sights.
Do you think that it is right that the government can make a company redesign their product due to the maker displaying his religion?
The government is a customer. The government is not forcing them to change their design for other customers - they are telling them which product they will buy. You should stil be able to buy one if you want and I honestly imagine if they haven't started creating collector sights, or a side product, for people to buy with scriptures - they are incompetent business folks.
A customer has the right to ask for a product to meet their needs or not buy.
PS: I am not trying to start an argument here. I just want to make sure that all the facts are heard, at least that facts that I know.. and am just expressing my opinion. None will be chastised for disagreeing with my opinion, however, I don't like the words I type to be twisted around to make it look like I am saying something else.
Sorry if I came off harsh. I get incredulous at the idea Muslims have more pull in this country than Christians.. and especially the idea it would be ignored if Koranic versus were on the side of military rifles.