Did you even bother to read my comment? I qualified my response to indicate that there was a wide variety of beliefs among Muslims, as well as among Christians. My whole point was that thinking that the practice of Islam was less abusive than Christianity (based on the problems he identified) was likely not correct. I was curious for the rationale of Mr. Gomez in giving up Christianity as a belief system for Islam. It seemed to me that his problem was with how Christianity was practiced in the various churches he served, rather than the higher values of the faith itself. Parenthetically, in my opinion, evangelical Christianity is not even Christian because of their rejection of the higher ideals of the faith.

Every abuse Mr. Gomez complained of also exists in many areas of the Islamic world. That is not to condemn the Koran’s higher ideals, but to point out that the application of Islamic principles can be misused in the same way that they can be in Christian churches. My inquiry was directed at the issue of whether he saw a difference in the values of the two in how it affected his own life. It was not clear from his article whether he did.

By the way, I have many Muslim friends and have been to many mosques. Have you? I spent more than 30 years in faith based ministry to inmates in medium and maximum security prisons. I encountered Christians, atheists, Muslims, and every other variety of belief you can imagine. Other than Christians, Muslims were by far the biggest group. I have a great deal of experience in the area. Before making erroneous assumptions, you might try asking polite questions, rather than being so smug and self-righteous. I was asking for information, not condemning or trying to rank a hierarchy of belief systems.