Pastor weighing plans to burn Qurans amid U.S. warnings

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Originally Posted by tater

I basically agree with you, but we have multiple ways of describing Christian groups. All I'd like is a consistent set of descriptors to be used.

Those Westboro loons are total outliers, as are a few similar groups we might all agree are total whackos. The total membership of such churches is statistically insignificant. "Fundamentalist" churches, however, are significant. I'd like to see the press use the same standards to pigeonhole muslims they do for christians. I imagine "moderates" are statistically insignificant (what are the largest "moderate" sects, and what are their memberships?)

I am of the opinion that moderates form up the largest portions of most major religions, but being moderates they dont shout from the rooftops and thus they are overlooked. I dont really have anything other than my personal experiences to fall back on here, so I dont proclaim this as a fact.

Edit yet again: Just evaluate people as individuals as much as possible or as small groups when they band together for a common cause, whatever that cause may be. That way you avoid ridiculous overgeneralisations and dont look like a loon yourself. That is what I try to do, but being human, I am fallible.