As wacky as liberals can be, normally one can discern some logic behind their positions. That logic is typically based on either self-delusion, hypocrisy or clueless imagined moral superiority, but it is there.
The stark contrast in their attitudes toward Christianity and islam defies any logic however. Db will deny it, but it is pretty clear most liberals have nothing but contempt for traditional religion, particularly Bible believing fundamentalist, evangelical varieties. At the same time, liberals bend over backwards to accommodate muslims, make excuses for them, defend them, etc.. And of course, the great irony is that islam is far more repressive than any Christian faith, and islam zeroes in on many of the progressives' most passionate causes, homosexuality, abortion, adultery, drug use, etc etc.
Religion itself has nothing to do with it. We have been interfering in the Middle East since at least the early fifties for no other reason than to protect our "interest" in their oil. Since then we have been responsible, as I said above, for hundreds of thousands of casualties. To be ignorant of all this is lazy. To be surprised at retaliation is equally ignorant, if not disingenuous.
Are jihadists right to do what they're doing? Of course not. But this xenophobic response is pointless, other than to make the xenophobes feel better. Can we "destroy" Islam? No. We couldn't do it 800 years ago, and we can't do it now. We are in a mess, but it's a mess that we created. Why? Because it's profitable. So don't be looking for any solutions -- easy or otherwise -- any time soon.
There is no debate that Christianity has become more socially liberal over the past 50 years. So has every other religion, except Islam. All other religions have become more tolerant, more forgiving, more accepting, more inclusive across the board. Islam on the other hand, as you point out, has done just the opposite. More hateful, more vengeful, less tolerant, completely unforgiving, and extremely violent.As wacky as liberals can be, normally one can discern some logic behind their positions. That logic is typically based on either self-delusion, hypocrisy or clueless imagined moral superiority, but it is there.
The stark contrast in their attitudes toward Christianity and islam defies any logic however. Db will deny it, but it is pretty clear most liberals have nothing but contempt for traditional religion, particularly Bible believing fundamentalist, evangelical varieties. At the same time, liberals bend over backwards to accommodate muslims, make excuses for them, defend them, etc.. And of course, the great irony is that islam is far more repressive than any Christian faith, and islam zeroes in on many of the progressives' most passionate causes, homosexuality, abortion, adultery, drug use, etc etc.