Originally Posted by EnglishPaul

What a personal dilemma. On the one hand I want to defend my position, and on the other I really can't better yustr!

Well I recommend that you ponder deeply what yustr said, and then if you get bored read this.
I never worked out how to comment out someone's post, which may have helped this read better.
Truthseeker, it bothers me that Christians are poor reflections of Jesus because it is a good indicator that Christianity doesn't work very well. What is really interesting is that though Christianity doesn't work very well, you are so convinced that Islam works well enough to bring down Australia. Does this mean that Allah is stronger than Yahweh in your eyes?

You do seem to have a wonderfully narrow view of life. There are lots of explanations as to why we have a moral compass. God is one, I suppose aliens would be another, or the flying spaghetti monster; alternatively there is the notion that without morals society would be impossible, and human development would be stinted (you can call this Darwinian principles if you want). And surprisingly animals have some moral compass, to use your terms, and different cultures have differing magnetic north.
You said "And at the time we accept Christ into our lives, a true Christian is transformed in mind and heart to be loving, compassionate and kind to others, just as Jesus was." so do you mean to say that before becoming a true Christian your heart was not loving, compassionate and kind? So did your compass not work straight out of the box?

As for Islam, I am a great believer that westernisation can win the day. Just as true (your term) fundamentalist (my term) Christianity is rare compared to the masses of tolerant and liberal Christians, so to will it be for Islam. There could only be two exceptions to that: either a deity kickstarts a war (Allah or Yahweh awake to call up the troops), or bad treatment and marginalisation tips one religion over the edge.
Personally I think we stand quite a risk of tipping moderate Muslims into freedom fighters, not because they were always programmed that way, but because we gave them no other option. And, since you mentioned the 10 commandments, how is that loving your neighbour as you love yourself?

Ironically you seem to be saying that Muslims are vile animals and should be segregated for embracing Islam. Again, I commend you to ponder deeply what yustr said.