Quote Originally Posted by BigSwede View Post
In all seriousness, this is the kind of attitude that causes much of the aforementioned trouble. For example, the guys who flew the airplanes into the World Trade Center believed they were doing God's work and would be "right with God" for having done the deed...not everybody follows the same God, not even close.
But this argument borders on sanctioning pure secularism and the dismissal of God as merely a shelter of a feeble (or insane) mind.

Theological extremism is at its worst when it compels followers to convert the non-believers at the cost of either - or both - of their lives. But the majority, albeit a shrinking one, of civilized people recognize this and do not try to sell their beliefs to others at the end of a sword, scimitar, gun, IED, etc. Guilt still works pretty good though.

And that's all I have to say about that.