Always the fanatics ruin their religion to others.

As I walk pass the McDonald parking lot near my work, I saw a muslim man kneeling on his area rug on the ground praying.   Devote muslim, I believe, prays like 5 times a day.  The action of this man was not bad or unbecoming.  He was just showing his devotion to his faith and I respect that.  And I believe in my heart that the Islam faith itself is not a bad religion.  The core of Islam probably teaches love and all other values the Judeo-Christian faith also holds dear.  So why do many westerners think ill of Islam?  Because the faith of Islam are almost always associated with Jihad, suicide bomber and terrorist acts.    But if we really think about it, does the actual religion of Islam endorse all those heinous acts?  I think not.  The fanatics uses their twisted interpretation of their faith to justify their acts of murder.  These crazy fanatics have the twisted belief that their God will reward them of 72 virgins if they commit murder.  That is just illogical.  Even recent history has shown us that Christian fanatics have used their own interpretation of the Bible to justify their homophobia, racism and sexism.  A perfect example is the bigoted Westboro Baptist Church.  The crusade which modern learned people would think as unnecessary were justified by the fanatical Christian royalties of the middle ages.  It is always the obsessed fanatics that do these horrible acts in the name of their religion.  And that just ruins their religion to others.   Religious piety tempered by rational thinking is what these idiot fanatics should do.