I don't know where you get that assumption from. I was commenting on a specific situation.
I don't have a "religion". while I think there is something else out there, and am not an atheist, nor an agnostic, all organized religion has shown itself to be insane. the men/people that run them are insane and turn them into a circus where only they are right, everyone else is wrong, and all the while they are serving their own purposes and manipulating those that choose to follow them. From Catholic priests molesting young boys to Mullahs advocating jihad, they are all evil and they are all batshit crazy.
I follow no such organization.
Well said. Don't blame religion for some psychos' actions.
Well said, yes, and I agree with Pentax's interpretation. And that's what its all about, interpretation. However we cannot ignore the fact that these acts are being done in the name of a religion in which they themselves site references from their biblical texts, Qu'ran, as justification for their evil. There are many interpretations of the Bible which create all sorts of different "versions" of Christianity, and every religion will have people who interpret things differently.
All that being said, I haven't seen any Hindu groups, Christian groups, Jews, Buddhists, etc. conducting mass killings, beheadings, raping - children included. It is very hard to try and interpret these other religions teachings into these levels of evil... I can't understand why the Islamic religion seems to have multiple groups that seem to get this interpretation of their religion, they seem to easily be able to justify these things with passages from the Qu'ran. Whatever this book has in it, from their perspective, has definitely aided the groups actions. Whether you call that an attack on the religion itself or not, I am not sure. I personally hold the individuals accountable for their actions but I do believe the same individuals, if raised on another set of religious beliefs, would not feel the need to be committing the acts they are committing now.
I have nothing against Muslims and in fact have a few Muslim friends and, to my knowledge, they do not want to kill, behead, or rape me. I have not read the entire Qu'ran, mainly just certain sections that are being interpreted for me
.... but I can't be alone with thinking "Why do these groups get such interpretations from the Qu'ran? Why are other religions not fueling large movements of people conducting these levels of evil?"