Well, that’s your opinion – which is every bit as good as anyone else’s.

Unless, of course, you actually have discussed the matter with each individual Christian and Moslem on the planet in which case, Sir, I unreservedly salute your indefatigability. :diablo:

Well I appreciate the salute.:D

However the statistics do stand. There are no Christian fundamentalist states in existence today and you will struggle to find a Christian who believes that rape victims should be flogged and people who call teddy bears Jesus killed.

There are Christians in other countries who believe that their religious stance entitles them to commit acts of outright terrorism – such as bombing health clinics where legal abortions are performed and physically attacking health workers who they deem to be associated with abortion.

No religion has a monopoly when it comes to zealots who prize their dogma above the lives and well-being of others.

I certainly do not dispute that but the notion that such idiocy exists on the same scale in christianity as it does in Islam is just plain wrong.

Oh, granted.

Yet corporal punishment and, yes, even amputation are often cited in debates about law and order as examples of the way in which we in the UK should treat thugs, vandals and persistent petty offenders here at home, are they not?

It seems a bit of a paradox, frankly. :confused:

I dont know about the opinions of others but my position is clear. Under no circumstances do I support corporal punishment or amputation/mutilation as a legal punishment. On execution I still have yet to form an opinion but if it was to be used I would lean towards it only in three cases, murder, rape and child abuse. Even then only in a humane manner.

I agree with you totally, but no need to pick on Islam.
Some of the so-called religions in USA are just as bad, and in fact from what I’ve seen on the GodGarbage TV, their behaviour is more disturbing, certainly from a viewpoint of mental health. Beheading and stoning doesn’t seem to be on the agenda though.
Religious discussion is an argument about who has the best imaginary friend. There can never be settlement.

They are bad but not just as bad. Islam is worse.

Beheading and stoning may not be on the Bishops agenda but it is certainly on others.

There are two fundamental problems with Sharia.

1) In many of its interpretations it uses barbaric punishments, stoning, beheading, flogging and amputation. This is simply unacceptable to modern civilisation.

2) Islam is an oppressive ideology. In many interpretations it treats women and homosexuals as sub-humans. The classic example is whereby it takes the testimony of two women to outweigh that of a single man in court. Again this is unacceptable in modern civilisation.

We need to get away from this notion of the Islamic community living its own wonderful little life, where everything is done by consent and the only cause of friction is western interference. It is simply not the case.

I’m no expert on world fisheries…but aren’t whales a bit rarer / more endangered than cod?

That’s like saying “What’s the difference between eating chicken and California condors?” 😀

Depends what sortof fish and what species of whale.;)

Sorry Lance I don’t see how you can keep religion out of it, this country has a leader that is sworn to office under the laws of the Church of England, and the head, or Supreme Governor of the Church of England happens to be our Queen.

Makes no difference at all the conception of UK law. I would however argue that the UK should take up a secular approach even if just for appearances sake.