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Yeah, it seems all arguments relating to violence and peace resort back to the "all humans are violent by nature", and unfortunately, it is true, but to a certain extent. If all of humanity were riddled with violent individuals, we wouldn't have even made it to the point we are at now. The truth is that a majorty are not violent by nature, not to the extent of willingly physically harming others. And you are correct, it is not solely the extremists who do all the damage, but once they gather enough drones, religion can and has been the worst form of weaponry and mass destruction imaginable, and will inevitability lead to our self-destruction for some senseless cause.
You stated earlier that I presented quotes from the Quran that were out of context, but this is not necessarily true. Although there are excerpts that completely defy the negative ones, example being "There must be no coercion in matters of faith!" (2:256). It can be argued from both sides, but the scriptures have varied over time. The one fact that remains is that Islam needs to be modernized, it needs to pertain to modern life in order for fanaticism to not be justified and for Islam to not be looked at as a prehistoric way of life. Whereas Christianity and Judaism have evolved with time (although still filled with flaws), Islam has remained to thinking in the old.
Either way, religion is still the justification for more violence than is necessary, and I believe humanity would endure significantly less suffering without it.
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