CG... my drawing of a parallel between Islam and Christianity was not the reason for the thread. The fact is, only these 2 faiths make a similiar claim of 'revelation' in the direct sense from God to man.
The only point of mentioning Islam is that, and to highlight the difference in ethical or moral guidelines for war.

The rest.. such as Buddhism.. does not have anything remotely resembling a doctrine or guide for war. Hinduism.. I have to plead ignorance there, apart from being aware that they revere various incarnations of gods, which are more stories than anything.

Pericles.. CG says I want to hunt down the Muslims..and you say I'm trying to preach to you. You are both wrong. While I never miss an opportunity to poke at the philosphical weakness of humanism and MIUAUG.. the goal of the topic was to show how depleted is our moral foundation for a code of war.

I also wish to draw attention to something I tried to start as a thread, but which was rejected for some reason. Christian values in a time of war. "love your enemies".

There is a vid on YOUTUBE of a Marine being sniped. Saved by his flack jacket and the snipers poor aim. They wounded the sniper as he was fleeing...found him, and the marine he shot (who is a medic) provided medical attention to the bloke who just tried to kill him.

This is the kind of thing I'm alluding to.. 'ethics of war'.....
Why did that marine not just finish the sniper off ? hack of his head.. kick him a few times ?

I suppose you could get 'preaching' out of that if you looked for it.
But why does it have to be 'preaching' rather than discussing ?