The Muslim worldview says kill all Christians and Jews. Its an inherently violent religion. I challenge you to find anything like that in a Christian worldview.

Also, this nation was founded upon Christianity. Since you asked me not to bring up any more quotes, I take it that that’s a given. If not, I have more quotes. So its natural that a Christian worldview would permeate government.

And no, I wouldn’t be comfortable. You probably wouldn’t be comfortable with a Christian president. However, it is their right and we couldn’t stop it, if they were legally elected.

When someone raises an attack on my religion, its only natural to defend it.

Christianity is not the state religion. This doesn’t mean that Christians cannot hold office, cannot make their views known in office, and cannot base their decisions on a Christian worldview. It just means that they can’t force everyone to become Christians, not that Christianity is supposed to be completely separate from government.

As for Christian democrats, I know they exist. Look at Zel Miller. I have some Christian friends who are democrat. However, on the whole, things that the Democratic party advocates, such as abortion, gay marriage, and other social issues are core reasons why I’m a republican. Economic issues are a side point, although I tend to lean Republican on those as well. As said, Christianity doesn’t really tell you what to think on economic issues.

However, the social issues are enough for me to go Republican.

First off, not attacking your religion dude. I think religion and spirituality are great. There is nothing wrong with Christians in politics. My only problem with most Christian politicians (most republicans) is that they beat the social issue drum to get support from the conservative Christians who don’t like abortion of gay marriage. Those are the two issues most Christians vote on (NB you even said it yourself). In the grand scheme of things these issues pale in comparison to the real important issues.

Here in Britain Muslims make up a much larger percentage of the population than in America and are far better integrated intop our society. I have several close freainds who are muslims and so i was shocked at NBardens comment about Islam. Islam is not an inherantly violent religion. None of the Muslims I have ever met would ever sanction terrorism in any way and hate the way people like NBarden demonize their religion. Do many people in America really have this view?

The President of the United States, George W. Bush, has emphasized that "Islam is Peace" on a number of occasions.

Which point of view is right?
They both are.

Islam is not a homogenous religion. It is divided into many subgroups, including Sunni, Shi’ite, and Sufi. A very small, radical, hate-filled, extremist, Fundamentalist, terrorist wing does exist. So too does a much larger peaceful, moderate wing. Unfortunately, the former seem to capture all the media’s attention, while the latter is rarely heard from.

It obvious that no one individual speaks for all Muslims. Islam has no single central authority, comparable to the pope and Vatican for the Roman Catholic Church, or to various General Assemblies and the Lambeth Conferences for the Anglican Communion. Rather, it is divided into many traditions and schools.

This phenomenon is true of most religions. Consider the over 1,000 Christian groups in North America. They include some hate-filled groups as well:

The Christian Identity movement.
Various white supremacist organizations which usually consider themselves to be Christians.
The terrorists who blew up the Murrah Federal Building in Oklahoma City.