EJ.

There are many similarities between the medieval Catholic church and modern Islam. However, as the rest of the world has moved on from the barbaric brutality of the middle ages, it is not unrealistic to expect Islamic countries to do so too.

Shadow Minister said,"it is not unrealistic to expect Islamic countries to do so too;" referring to change.
Unless they get another prophet like Mohamed it will never change. He is revered above all men

Josephus: How would a new prophet like the original genocidal bandit Mohammed improve Islam? Are you aware of Mohammed's entertainment of his child bride by watching the massacre of Jews that went on all day? Revered among all men?? I don't know any men who revere him though I know many who despise him.

SM: The RC Church has moved on since Napoleon's soldiers destroyed the castle in which it held its Inquisition, but it is still trying to hold the government to ransom to fund special deals for schools to indoctrinate kids in RC theocracy.

EmporerJulian:

“I remain in amazed admiration of AJP's patient insistence on rational point by point argument in plain English in response to every ad hominem spray from OLO's resident narcissist troll who hibernated for a while but has started up again.

If you have a problem with OLO’s resident narcissist troll then why not confront the person directly about their narcissism and trolling instead of hiding your criticism behind a veiled compliment of Philips? I mean he hardly needs you to stroke his ego for him and how do you know he is patient? He may just be obsessed.

Time to ‘man up’ Julian! You are fast becoming OLO’s resident gutless wonder.

"as the rest of the world has moved on from the barbaric brutality of the middle ages,"

Shadow, have you forgotten about a couple of barbaric World Wars, and lots of other lesser wars fought over the last 100 odd years, or were they only minor dust ups by so called christian societies. Are you the master of the faux pas?

EJ,

Soooo, you are comparing the Catholic church negotiating government funding to people committing genocide?