Moral Imperative
At what point does an adherent to a religion or a belief system have a moral imperative to speak out against actions made in the name of that religion or belief system by other adherents?
Examples:
- A pastor puts a message up on the billboard in front of his church that says, "Jews killed Jesus"; what should the Christian community do?
- Radical Islamists video tape cutting the head off of an innocent American in support of their jihad against the United States; what should the Muslim community do?
The reason I bring this up is that it seems that in the first example there was a groundswell of outrage from the Christian community at large that widely condemned the actions of this pastor, while in the second example we've heard a deafening silence from those Muslim's who continue to claim that Islam is a religion of peace.
Thoughts?
Examples:
- A pastor puts a message up on the billboard in front of his church that says, "Jews killed Jesus"; what should the Christian community do?
- Radical Islamists video tape cutting the head off of an innocent American in support of their jihad against the United States; what should the Muslim community do?
The reason I bring this up is that it seems that in the first example there was a groundswell of outrage from the Christian community at large that widely condemned the actions of this pastor, while in the second example we've heard a deafening silence from those Muslim's who continue to claim that Islam is a religion of peace.
Thoughts?
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