lessons in hate and violence...islam

I'm at a location with a slow connection and don't have 47 min to spare. I'll catch this at home. However, would I be going out on a limb to say that if you take any ancient religion and claim it is pure, unchanged by modern views, by definition, =most likely= it will be intolerant of other views. I know I could be wrong and regarding this subject, I'd appreciate it if anyone can show me an example of this. :D
 
I watched the first few minutes of the video, I might come back to watch the rest later. What I seen didn't look good, but I hope it isn't an attack on Muslim faith schools in general. I grew up in a private Judeo-Christian school, there were isolated incidents like the ones shown, but they were isolated and once the people higher up on the chain found out about them, they were immediately fired. Anyway, I think it's important that religious tolerance goes both ways... meaning that the people in the schools teach religious tolerance, and the people reporting the story teach religious tolerance.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentis...lessons-in-hate-and-violence-muslim-extremism
 
Minor Axis said:
However, would I be going out on a limb to say that if you take any ancient religion and claim it is pure, unchanged by modern views, by definition, =most likely= it will be intolerant of other views.
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In my understanding, in the history of religion, religious intolerance is fairly unique to Christianity and Islam. These are also the two most common religions. And that's no coincidence. Modern Christianity has become much more tolerant than traditional Christianity. Now Christianity is losing ground to Islam. And that's not a coincidence either. Religious intolerance helps a religion to thrive. But that doesn't make it right.
 
BornReady said:
In my understanding, in the history of religion, religious intolerance is fairly unique to Christianity and Islam. These are also the two most common religions. And that's no coincidence. Modern Christianity has become much more tolerant than traditional Christianity. Now Christianity is losing ground to Islam. And that's not a coincidence either. Religious intolerance helps a religion to thrive. But that doesn't make it right.
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Well thought out and stated :thumbup
 
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