Most say Islam no more violent than other faiths
A new poll finds skepticism among Americans that Islam is likelier than other faiths to encourage violence. But the survey also finds that their overall view of the religion has worsened over the past five years, the Associated Press reports.
In addition, the poll by the nonpartisan Pew Research Center finds that the public leans 51 percent to 34 percent against building a Muslim center near the former site of New York's World Trade Center.
By 42 percent to 35 percent, most think Islam does not incite violence more than other religions. That's about the same as said so last year.
But more people have unfavorable than favorable views of Islam by 38 percent to 30 percent. In 2005, it was reversed: 41 percent had favorable views, 36 percent unfavorable.
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I have been reflecting on heresy, and on what a good influence it has for the Church. It was particularly salutary when they could be disposed of and thus doctrine refined by their blood. But it occurred to me that the best way to construe Islam as a Catholic is as a form of heresy. Yes, if you take all the early heresies of the Church and roll them into one, you get the impetus for Islam. On my special Wintersmix reading of history, we need heretics to refine Christianity, therefore logically Islam is a form of refined Christianity. By this same special logic Donatism is the same as the desire of reasonable people not to have their parish staffed by lunatics and pederasts. What a ridiculous and heretical desire! Rejecting heresy means the same as accepting the Bishop's decisions. Deal with it! . Ex opere operato means we don't need a vestry, and Father can do whatever the hell he basically wants. If that doesn't make sense, well that is Catholicism for ya'. That there exists a simple fix, is not the Catholic way. The simple fix is heresy! And we reject it in favor of valid sacraments!
Posted by: Michael Sean Wintersmix | August 24, 2010 11:11 PM