Does Islam need a Reformation?

well it seems that the foundations of islam were in a time when the religion's first followers had no political standing. a scorned people with a new and different religion is a sure bet for becoming a scornful people. it would seem that the revolutionary aspects would give rise to extremist sects, but then one could say the same of christianity... funny thing that. it's true as well.

of what torch are you speaking?

all the threads on this board are headaches. especially ones that are 20 pages long. 2 cents. all it's worth.

i said nothing to suggest that they are comparable religions. merely this, both are prone to sects known for birthing psychotics.this is a generalized statement drawn from my own studies on islam both political and non. i've read Milestones (and thrown the ungodly crap across the room). i've also seen the terror that christians create everyday outside of abortion clinics (and had friends involved in such). it is not the religion that creates this, but people in circumstances and those who thirst for power. organized religion is a method for controlling people and how they think. the spanish inquisition was no more representative of the love and acceptance of which jesus spoke than this current quagmire is of the islam that my cousins follow.