tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29566846.post4509764812487176558..comments2023-11-05T01:45:58.784-07:00Comments on The Hesperado: Types of evidence for the putative existence of harmless MuslimsHesperadohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10394374828751466705noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29566846.post-67405839202537720642010-11-24T22:52:28.935-08:002010-11-24T22:52:28.935-08:00ib,
Yes, that's another way to put it. I was...ib,<br /><br />Yes, that's another way to put it. I was in this essay tackling the problem where most members of this religion which is violent and expansionist <i>on paper</i> (i.e., in its founding texts and subsequent religious literature), nevertheless seem to be not doing anything dangerous. This is one thing the skeptics point to, as they try to move the issue to a problem of statistics. <br /><br />On another level (and often incoherently mushed in with the above tactic), many of those skeptics try to wiggle out of the problem that Islam on paper is essentially violent and expansionist. So they will try to argue that, but then when pressed to a corner with the facts, they move on to the statistical problem, implying that most Muslims aren't really following those tenets anyway -- and here, I have noticed many people even otherwise anti-Islam make this hypothetical assumption.Hesperadohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10394374828751466705noreply@blogger.com