. . . The fact that the Christian or Muslim does not obey their holy books does not change what is in the books, and when you redact the few and far-between messages about peace, love and understanding, you are left [with] books that are basically manuals on how to hate people who don’t agree with you and the various methods of punishment that should be meted out, up to and including death.

Until we can all agree that diplomacy should not even be on the table until the religious leaders of the world agree to remove the bigoted, hateful and discriminatory doctrines and beliefs from their official doctrines, even if that means redacting huge chunks of their holy books, there will be no hope of compromise or co-existence.

Christianity is marketed as a religion of love and tolerance and Islam is marketed as a religion of peace.  However, on their fundamental levels, these belief systems causes division, promote willful ignorance and retard intellectual growth.

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