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Population growth thing aside (which is just dumb) arguing that people shouldn't be against Islam because Christianity is just as bad is not really a good argument. That's like saying you should voluntarily contract influenza because, really, it's not any worse than pneumonia. If you want to argue that, yes, "the Muslim religion advocates violence but so does Christianity, so why aren't you against that?" then that is a decent enough rebuttal, but it's not a mark in favor of Islam in any way.

The Quran has a lot of hate and violence in it, just as yes, the Bible does. That whole 'love thy neighbor unless they aren't just like you' bit and all. But just because Christianity has its bad points doesn't make Islam good. The lesser of two evils is still evil.

Any group that has little or no tolerance for those unlike itself (so, pretty much most religions when you get down to the nuts and bolts - which is very different, I realize, from what most people practice - I'm railing against the actual roots of the religion, the 'real meaning', not what most people who practice it really are like) is bad. Period.

I don't like Islam. And I don't think I am either ignorant or mis-informed. But then, I don't like Christianity, either, so at least I'm being fair.