Hmmm, Arraya, I gotta lean more towards surveyor’s side.
There’s a saying, maybe it’s from Huntington’s “Clash of civilizations” paper (easily found online):
“Islam has bloody borders”
And it turns out to be true – there are islamic-related conflicts going on all *over* the world. Part of this I think is in the nature of Islam that *explicitly* does not separate religion and government.
There are not as many folks trying to overthrow governments in the name of Christianity, as far as I know. In fact didn’t Jesus (per the religion) say “Render unto Caesar the things that are Caesar’s”? That to me seems like a directive to accept whatever host government you may fall under, and is a *clear difference* from Islam.
You accuse surveyor of being dogmatic, but you also should not close your mind to the idea that different religions might have different tenets – they’re not all identical!
