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Originally Posted by glb
thanks, that was interesting. I heard a lecture by Sam Harris, who says he's studied every religion, during which he stated that Islam is the only (IIRC, I don't think he said "most") violent religion; one that tells its followers to try to convert others and, if they can't be converted, to kill them.
I don't know if this is true, but Harris' other points (in areas I know more about) were correct.
again, thanks.
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Well, very few religions have a stellar history on such matters -- such as the Spanish Inquisition and the forced conversion by the Conquistadors of the Aztecs.
Heck, even the Baha'i', who are about as harmless a group as one can imagine, are routinely persecuted.
In the final analysis, there are many fewer suicide bombers who are atheists than there are who are ardently religious.