What's your take on the Crusades? Spanish conquest of the Americas?
Just curious how you work out your moral equivalency.
The Crusades were a response to the Muslim Conquests.
I'm not denying, by the way, that Christianity or any other religion has been spread at least in part through conquest. But to compare Islam to Christianity in terms of violent conquest is laughably absurd.
Because of what happened immediately after the origin of each religion? Because I think their entire histories are relevant.
Again, you seem to be missing the point. the point is not whether a religion has
ever been spread through conquest.
Islam would not exist without violence and conquest. It saturates the Koran because the Koran was created in large part by Muhammed, a conquering (and pedophile, but that's beside the point) warlord. The same cannot be said for Christianity, which is founded on the Gospels of Jesus and therefore spread peacefully for centuries.
To suggest that Islam is a "religion of peace" or that it plays no greater role in promoting terrorism than any other religion is absurd. Now, if you want to go ahead and concede those points but argue that other factors play a greater role in promoting terrorism, fine. I still disagree, but it's not an argument I'm terribly interested in.