You're still missing the whole point.
Tolerance has nothing to do with allowing violence against others. It's about tolerating different beliefs, ideas and cultures.

I'm not excusing anything. I'm advocating tolerance towards people with other beliefs. It's what we're discussing, right?

I suggest you try discussing the matter with some muslims. I can assure you that the absolute majority will disapprove of violence in most ways.

Implying that christianity hasn't "hurt a fly" is just ridiculous.

Most religions have a lot of blood in their tracks. I attribute most of that to intolerance, which in turn comes mostly from fear.

Prejudice tends to fuel fear and intolerance.

Now you're just being sad.

You know as well as I that the old testament contains lots of really ugly, violent and weird stuff. Does that mean that most christians agree with its contents? No. Exactly.

The same thing applies to most muslims. Try getting to know some, discuss with them and you'll soon realize that they're not that different from you.

Since this thread has gone sour, name calling and projections have taken over, let's put and end to it now.

I've been to a mosque, and I've listened to what's been said there. Have you?

You seem to be on a mission to propagate misconceptions about islam. Fact is that most muslims are like everyone else. They want to live their life in peace.

I agree that a lot of intolerance comes from religious teachings. In my view the dominant religions are often the worst, i.e. christianity here in the western world.
As long as we keep church and state well separated that shouldn't need to pose a big problem. The law should not be based on religious views.

As for your assumptions about me I can only tell you that you are wrong.

I consider hypothetical questions like that of little use. Anyone trying to harm me or my kids in a serious way would certainly not be tolerated to do so. I think most people would agree on that.

I have no problems at all with any of the muslim, ahteist or gay people that I know. They live their life without harming other people (to the extent that one can do that reasonably).

Again, it's about tolerating different views on life, even if you disagree wholeheartedly with some of those views.
If most people would do that, we would have a lot less problems in our society.

One of the biggest problems today is religious politicians trying to turn their own moral values into law, and by that limiting other peoples personal freedom.

For me, tolerance is about tolerating different beliefs, no matter how much I may disagree with them. It's about letting other people lead their lives as they wish. As long as they don't harm anyone else against their will.

It has nothing to do with sweeping generalisations of others.

Can you elaborate on that?