Offending Islam

This may be made easier to call it what doesn't offend Islam. 

Being a very vocal minority they seem to have an exaggerated sense of 

They seem to believe a society they find themselves in bear the responsibility to change so to not offend them. This is backwards. But there is also more than a little hysterical behavior on the part of people here in the U.S.  But there is some basis for it. Look at parts of France where Muslims have all but taken over parts of cities. The police do not even go there. They are enclaves of sharia law. 

So in order to offend as many followers of Islam, I bring you the following. 

Mohammed was a pedophile. 

In all likelihood Mohammed had sex with animals as well as men and little boys. 

In the truest spirit of Old Testament teachings he subjugated women. 

Mohammed did not fly off into the sky. 

Islam is no better and no worse than any of the other monotheistic religions, Christianity and Judaism. The so called prophets are not super natural, they never spoke to Yahweh, Allah or God. And despite what the believers of those three faiths believe, it is all the same being they worship! But because they believe their faith is the one true faith, they will never accept that fact. And that is ignorant. 

Muslims can pray how ever and wherever they chose. I will defend that. But the second they begin to impose restrictions on those who don't believe as they do, all bets are off. 

They can eat what ever they like. But tell me I have to give up ham or bacon, and we will have a rather large problem. If they are offended by the mere sight of it in a store, too bad. Open your own store! Get together and open a market to cater to your taste or beliefs. But walking into a supermarket and being offended by pork, that is childish. And by childish I mean it in the worst manner possible. A little spoiled, bad tempered child throwing a hissy fit. 

The Oxford publishing in England has edited a children's book to remove any mention of the word pork or any derivative like sausage. Is this wrong? I think it is. Is it silly? Yes. 

If someone is offended by the mere mention of anything regarding a pig, they have the problem. 

What harm does the mere mention of a pig, pork or sausage have on a Muslim? Nothing. 

So this whole Islam issue is going to lead to even larger issues for all religions. The fact that borderline fundamentalist Christians are leading this charge is a bit amusing. Islam and Christianity believe in the same God, and also share many of the same basic tenants, whether they like it or not, it is true. The fact radical Islam is more aggressive is almost irrelevant. 

Fundamentalist Islam and Christianity share more in common than many people realize. Their views on women, political and social objectives, expanding the influence of their respective beliefs and non believers are very similar. Though I will admit Islam does does have a bit more militant action lately. 

So in reality Christianity and Islam aren't really all that different. And the differences are more superficial sort of like the differences between sects of Christianity, small doctrinal differences but basically the same. They worship the same deity. Calling them a different name doesn't change the fact they both worship the Abrahamic god. 

God

Yahweh

Allah

Same deity

Abraham

Moses

Elijah

Elisha

Jonah

Zachariah

Just to name a few. All prophets shared by Islam and Christianity. But according to followers of both religions there are "differences". Spelling of a name, differences in the narratives do not make a bit of difference. All of the scriptures are creations of men. Created to further an agenda, control the population and are in no way "the word" of a deity. That is the plain and simple truth. 

The reasons given for the silence of the deity are the worst examples of rationalization. You simply have to look at history to see that. How the accepted view of the world has changed over the past few thousand years. But excuses are made, poor excuses at best to explain it away.