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assuming your argument is correct, how do you deal with regressive belief systems? you're saying that if I criticize a certain policy, I'm also criticizing everyone who follows it. criticizing a religion is fundamentally arguing against an irrational thought. have you any reason why anyone shouldn't be doing that?
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I never said you shouldn't. I just said that to criticize the religious beliefs is to criticize those who believe them. To say the Christian god is irrational is to say the beliefs of Christians is irrational. They are one in the same. It's perfectly fine to do so. Religions aren't exempt from criticism. If what someone believes is bad or wrong in your opinion, then it's perfectly fine to criticize them. That's exactly what politics is and everyone does that all the time. Liberals are what their political beliefs are, and Consercatives are what their political beliefs are. It's an easy concept that Crono brought up in the first place by saying I was confusing the criticism of Islam with criticism of Muslims, and I corrected him by saying I was not confusing anything. Then it turned into an argument of him saying multiple times the same thing: "I'm right you're wrong".
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Difference in a JOKE(not a real religion) that worships a spaghetti monster for fun and a serious religion that preaches death to homosexuals.
If your argument is criticising Islam is criticising all Muslims for their beliefs then you are implying all Muslims support the beliefs of the Quran which implies all Muslims support the terrorism and mistreament of homosexuals and women, which ruins the whole argument you've been making.
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No, I specifically pointed out that there are different interpretations & beliefs in religions. Christians aren't homogenous. Catholics believe things far differently than people like me, Lutherans, believe. But you would be wrong to say Christianity believes what Catholicism believes, and that's what many people are doing with Islam. It's the overgeneralization problem again. So yes, to criticize Islam as a whole (which is what was being criticized) is to criticize Muslims. Break it down by different sects or beliefs and it's a different story.