On religion

"A bit of humility is in order when a letter writer (April 20) provides quotes from the Koran as orders, by God, for Muslims to kill us. He posits that Muslims will be put in the uncomfortable position of disobeying their own God if they don't kill us.  Ironically, we routinely disobey our own God with opposite, devastating results for, guess who, Muslims.  Recall that it was our former president who used that unfortunate word "crusade" in his antiterrorism speech, then unilaterally invaded a mostly Muslim country, killed Muslims and ruined Islamic lives.  To this day, we continue to rain down terrifying, unpredictable destruction from joystick-run drones on innocent Muslims who become "regrettable" collateral damage. Now who should really be afraid of whom?   Quotations from holy books are no substitutes for who people really are. People are much greater than the sum of their holy books' exhortations and proscriptions. The majority of the world's religious peoples want to live in peace with each other, if only governments and fanatics would let them."