[quote=Brovo]@Gwazi: There is a significant difference between a religion, the book it was originally derived from, and the people who follow it. You can't always look at a religion and point out its endless flaws. Everything has flaws. Even science.Asking for a softer view on Islam isn't a crime and it isn't "wrong". There are places for debates about the ethics of religion, this museum isn't one of those places.Plain and simple. They aren't asking for anything outrageous like the silence of all criticism. They just do not want to be demonized. Which is pretty fair to ask here in a museum about a tragedy. We should come together over this, not get divisive.[/quote]

I realize that, and I wasn't trying to say that softer versions don't exist or should be recognized.
And Science already admit's it has flaws and doesn't know something's when it comes up. There's a rarely any point in stating that it has flaws though cause it's already accepted and stated, but Religion always tries to deny said flaws so it becomes a point that needs to be stated/debated more often because it's currently not accepted, and people will sometimes start thinking religion is flawless if no one ever bother's to highlight it.

If Religion came out and said "Yes, we admit we have these flaws", then it'd be different.
In the same sense where say we wouldn't be needing to debate it as much if they weren't trying to remove science education, they are doing or denying actions that cause action/rebuttal to be needed.
If they were more open/accepting, that wouldn't need to be the case.

But if some place want's to educate on something like Islam, and not say one branch or church of Islam but rather Islam as a whole the extremist part's should not be overlooked.

[quote=Dervish]a lot of people in your shoes don't or even acknowledge that maybe, just maybe, they might have it wrong.[/quote]

I assume this is largely aimed towards me.

I always admit and am open to the fact I could be wrong.

One recent example, a few months ago I was Pro-Life and when I was exposed to arguments proving that abortion wasn't so wrong I reflected and became Pro-Choice.
It was this same open-mindedness and open to being wrong that led me from going to Christian to Atheist, Anti-Drug Legalization to Pro-Legalization, Emotional Thinking to Logical Thinking etc.

But that doesn't mean I will not still have opinions and stances on issues, and it doesn't mean I will change my mind all the sudden once someone disagree's with me. I will debate/argue them with reasons of my own if I find flaws/holes in them, and accept them if I can find no appropriate rebuttal to flaw to them. I then walk away with said new information and change my stance and views accordingly. It just so happens in the topic of Religion all the arguments I had for it when christian were easily crushed by atheists, and once atheists I had yet to find a good argument for Religion as I've found for many other issues.

It's why if say you only watch me in say Religious debates I may seem narrow-minded/can't be wrong, but see otherwise in different debates.
I simply have yet to see any good arguments from the side of Religion, therefore I have had no new information to absorb and change my views on.