That Islam is perfect...

Assalaamu Alaikum to you too bud. I wish to stress the word PERFECT. My opponent doesn't seem to understand the meaning. PERFECT does NOT mean "Really good" PERFECT does NOT mean "One of the best" PERFECT means WITHOUT FAULT; FLAWLESS. Ok, now we've established this, let me get onto my rebuttals. [quotes]"...In other words, islam's way of establishing peace is perfect if its laws are practiced..." "...Thus it is the responsibility of my opponent to show that following some laws in islam does not lead to peace, thus islam is imperfect..."[endquotes] I'm sorry if I wasn't clear about this... Let me quote a few more verses of that perfectly peaceful piece of prose. 2:39, 90: Disbelievers will be burned with fire. 2:104: For disbelievers is a painful doom. 2:178: Believers must retaliate. Those who transgress will have a painful doom. 3:157: If you die fighting for Allah, you'll be rewarded in heaven. 9:5: Slay the idolaters wherever you find them. These are just a very, very small sample of over 500 quotes [1] in the Qu'ran that speak of violence against/endless torture of non-believers simply because they are non-believers. Particularly note 9:5 and 3:157. I'm afraid that I couldn't be clearer. If you follow the Qu'ran, you must 'Slay the idolaters wherever you find them' and 'if you die fighting for Allah, you'll be rewarded in heaven.' [quote]"According to my opponent's logic, if someone wants to interpret the qur'an into a meaning other than the actual meaning of the qur'an, and they choose an unjust violent interpretation at that, this means that islam is not perfect in establishing peace."[endquote] Ummm... no? My logic is that if something is very, very clear about it's meaning (ie. imperfect) than it is open to interpretation... [quote]"For a misinterpretation of something means that it is not the actual interpretation."[endquote] Huh? Hang on... I think you meant "A misinterpretation means it is not the actual meaning." but even that isn't correct... [quote]"So someone who purposely interprets the qur'an into an unjust violent interpretation is not proving that islam is not peaceful, because their interpretation is not from islam. It's a misinterpretation."[endquote] I don't know how my opponent comes to this conclusion, but it is clearly very silly. A misinterpretation is not intentional. A misinterpretation is a MIStaken INTERPRETATION, in other words 'whoops, I accidentally read 'Slay the idolaters wherever you find them' and 'if you die fighting for Allah, you'll be rewarded in heaven.' and thought it actually meant "Slay the idolaters wherever you find them and if you die fighting for Allah, you'll be rewarded in heaven." [quotes]"...by perfection in islam, I referred to islam as the most perfect way of life in establishing peace..." "But what did I say in my opening statement? I stated that islam is perfect in "establishing" peace." "The question is, is fighting a perfect way to establish peace? The answer is yes, in the case of self-defense."[endquotes] Self-defense has nothing to do with establishing peace. Self-defense is when someone attacks you and you defend yourself. I'm not against that. Fighting is a good way of defending yourself. My opponent then says "Is fighting a perfect way to establish peace?", answers his own questions, but adds "In the case of self-defense." This is complete nonsense. Fighting IS NOT the 'perfect' way to establishing peace. Fighting is not even a half-decent way of establishing peace. Fighting is a TERRIBLE way of establishing peace. A much better way of establishing peace is with normal, sensible discussion, duh. CONCLUSION: Islam is not the perfect religion of peace. Thank you. [1] http://www.skepticsannotatedbible.com...