I find Islam just as problematic as the next person. I realize there are people who practice it more moderately, but it is a brutal religion as are all the Abrahamic religions. But this is their time to be bloody, and because it is aggravated by other factors, they are really embracing that part of their religion now.
I agree with the bulk of his comment, but then he brings government into it. I will be speaking from an American perspective here. Our government CANNOT call out Islam. We have a wall of separation between church and state, and while that wall is breeched all the time, it is a deep principal in the Constitution. Muslims in America are not violent, and if our government comes out with a strong statement against the religion, that will be a go ahead for more violence against them. Christians will really like that. Our government simply cannot choose good religions and bad religions.
I'm especially sensitive to this because there are elected officials that would rewrite history and rewrite our constitution to claim that Christianity is the superior religion. And these are the kind of Chrisitans that are incredibly hostile to any that don't think the way they do. In fact, some of these ELECTED Christians are supporting the government of Uganda in its quest to make homosexuality punishable by death. So Christians have terrorist hearts too when it comes to their religion, and the only thing that prevents these whack jobs (who get elected---meaning many Americans would support this horror) from getting that kind of power here is our constitution and the wall of separation.
If our POTUS or any important government official came out publically against Islam, not only would that shut down diplomatic relationships with a problem filled portion of the world, but the Christians here would see it as a win and push into that crack. We are barely holding them at bay as it is. They slither into any little rat hole they can find and try to get control. We STILL fight Intelligent Design attempts in our courts.
And as far as needing to be particularly gullible to be a Mormon---well we have a faithful Mormon running for POTUS---so that tells you where we are with it.
I hope the first religions to go are all of the Abramic religions. Unfortunately, they will likely to be the final hold-outs. If we falter on this at all, if we choose even on religion to frown on, that will be a huge crack, and we will have these crazy right wing nut jobs pushing ever harder on the tails of their victory to turn this into a Christian country, and since government has already chosen a bad religion, we will be on our way to choosing good religions.
