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Richard Dawkins says Christianity is "fundamentally decent," but Islam "is not" (www.friendlyatheist.com)
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cross-posted from: https://midwest.social/post/10663972

The atheist's comments continue an irresponsible pattern of demonizing one religion while celebrating the one he grew up with

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[–] spaceghoti@lemmy.one 4 points 7 months ago

I don't agree with that statement, because both on paper and in practice, Christianity is no better or worse than Islam. The only reason Christians aren't slaughtering homosexuals and transgender people the same way is because they've been leashed by secularism. It's not that they haven't or don't want to again. It's that they know they can't get away with it -- yet.

Look at organizations like Seven Mountains and other Dominionist groups promoting Christian Nationalism. It's not a coincidence that Kevin Swanson regularly sees Republican office holders at his "Kill the Gays" rallies. They don't hate Islamic theocracies because of the theocracy part. It's that they're jealous of their religious power and want to surpass it.