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What difference? It doesn't matter what group a person belongs to fundamentalists/extremists always share the same way of looking at things. This does not mean that they agree with each other only that they use the same means of disagreeing, you all know already which those are I think.
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i totally agree with Bsushi, this is the perfect way of describing the truth behind all of this. needles to add anymore words. thank you Bsushi
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The saddest thing about all of this it seems to me is it feels like we are all on the titanic arguing about which song the band should be playing. All relgion has noble intentions, but fails horribly because people try to attach the tangible to the intangible. God is an experience. Religion is a metaphor. It is a finger pointing to the moon. Too many people dying for a metaphor. Stop worrying about the finger and find the moon.
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Brilliant response by krillinhazuki "Difference: They have different holy books. Similarity: They don't read them."
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I do not think there is very much difference. However one significant difference is that there are some radical Muslims who are willing to die and even commit suicide for there beliefs and one does not see that extreme kind of commitment in the christian right.
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Right see for me a "radical muslim" isn't a very good muslim at all, and is certainly not a representative of islam, neither are the "extreme christians". It's seems like all they're waiting for is the christ coming down to the earth and in order for that to happen they have to have israel grow it's borders of course kicking out all the arabs and muslims in their area of control. In Islam there is reason for war if someone attacks you first and your defending yourself or if you make a treaty and the other side breaks the treaty or if there is a land/country that is being unfair and unjust to its citizens, not allowing them freedom of religion is one of them..but it is to be declared, no one individual or group can decide ok we're going to do this without the leader of the muslims saying so, and since there is no muslim nation, it can't happen. terrorist attacks are just the stupidest thing ever that have nothing to do with religion, it's suicide and that is not right in islam either, I call radial muslims crazy people who need psychological help and the same to extreme christians. They're both hateful. Lets see differences...radical muslims are in the media alot more , makes for more interesting news I guess, plus they're the new public enemy , if we're fighting something on the outside we don't have time to fix the stuff on the inside. And that's what everyone should do, focus on making themselves better people because without that I don't think there is any chance of understanding between the different people and religions of the world.
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BTW @bytemangler you may want to actually read the Koran yourself and not assume what somebody told you is correct Islam is not about War.
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Wow, browsing the replies I came accross views of "bytemangler". I'm not even a Muslim and I know that what he/she's saying is completely wrong. I also know that this person doesn't know how to spell. Sweet!
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I am assuming by "extreme christian right" you mean Western Protestant Fundamentalists? What is that, exactly? Radical Muslims? Do you mean Osama Bin Ladin and his ilk? From a muslim point of view, I'd wager he is not that 'Radical.' If you want to identify a group of Muslims engaged in behavour that fails to conform to the Muslim ideal, look to Lebanon. The young people there are embracing the west. That's radical for Muslims. But, I'll play along and assume you are refering to those that resort to volence to advance there agenda. A Christian that does this is a hypocrite. He is in direct conflict with the Gospel of Jesus Christ and apostolic teaching. A Muslim that resorts to violence to advance his views is, in fact, a solid Muslim, completely in line with the teachings of Mohamed, the Koran and Sharia. King Richard the Lion Hearted was a hypocrite. Saladin was not. George Bush clearly resorted to violence without real justification, at least in regard to Iraq. But by Islamic standards Osama Bin Ladin is a very good Muslim.
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None, except Radical Muslims only want to kill everyone who disagrees with them in the Middle East and anyone who interferes with them in the Middle East whereas radical Christians want to stone to death everyone in the entire world who disagrees with them. Ideologically, they are the same. Their scope of nightmare is different though.
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neither understands this basic principal , If you die for your beliefs you are a martyr If you kill for you beliefs you are a criminal.
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There are a number of differences. They worship different Gods. They pledge allegiance to different books. They talk to their gods at different times of the day. They use different body positions while talking to their gods. One believes that their god cannot be seen in an image and will kill you if you draw a cartoon of it, the other believes that they see images of their god in the sky, in toast, in the windows of a finance building in Clearwater, Fl among others, ....and one believes virgins await the male believers upon their deaths and the others believe that they will sit at the feet of a carpenter upon their deaths....other than that, they are exactly alike....dillusional.
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In this case, I'd have to give the edge to the Muslims. The Empire of 'Christianity' has been invading their space for quite sometime now and won't let them alone -- I'd feel pretty radicalized too. However, 'Islam' is merely an Empire now too (see: David C. Korten, The Great Turning) and neither are practiced according to their fundamental teachings. That is why Baha'u'llah came, to renew the world of God, to inaugurate a new era.
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Wondering why you didn't just ask the question: If they are so similar, why don't they just team up? And there is a serious difference between Christ-followers and so-called "Christians". As it is a rite of passage, if you will, in the South, being a Christian can just mean "From the South". On both sides of the spectrum, there are people who are ignorant to what their purpose truly is and try to pin their actions on a specific religion, political movement, etc. The only thing the "moderates" can do is keep the peace with ourselves and not get caught up in the hatred and ignorance. Stick a flower in a rifle, if you will.
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