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Shouldn’t a religious institution be revoked its tax exemption and even perhaps be banned or not protected under the First Amendment for spreading violence, hatred or spread messages that homosexuality, apostasy, adultery, etc. carries death penalty and encourage its adherents to blow themselves up or kill somebody because of what is written in the Islamic and Jewish scriptures? I think it’s absurd and quite threatening.
Many Muslims and religious Jews spread violence and/or hatred to our societies which is incompatible especially in the 21st Century and the Western world.
Why should the American government give those synagogues and mosques tax exemption when they show hate and violence?!
How many threads are you going to start on the same tired subject of why *your* religion should get special status in the U.S.?
Dude, I'm sure your posts will bring out the anti Christian Leftist in droves. That said Im an Athiest, and I am thankful that our country wasn't founded by Islam as we would be a s-hole Islamic Republic. Most all Western countries that we find acceptable were/are Christian based, so there is some commonality.
True you need to be thankful for all Christians and the Western world of which the main influences was Christianity. In fact after oppressing and persecuting early Christians, the Roman Empire made Christianity the official religion because of the truth, peaceful and beauty.
If you lived under Islamic or Jewish theocracy you would have been killed.
Nothing bad has been done in the name of Christianity as it cannot be justified in the name of Christ
Likely a number of Native American tribes would have something to say about that.....but your very statement has made it plain that you'll go into the circular argument of, "But it was justified in the name of Christ, so therefore it was okay!"
Likely a number of Native American tribes would have something to say about that.....but your very statement has made it plain that you'll go into the circular argument of, "But it was justified in the name of Christ, so therefore it was okay!"
Those individuals do not represent Christ nor Christianity. If you can give me a quote from Christ himself demanding anyone to be killed or harmed and not loved, then it may be perhaps justified. Of course you cannot find any so nice try.
True you need to be thankful for all Christians and the Western world of which the main influences was Christianity. In fact after oppressing and persecuting early Christians, the Roman Empire made Christianity the official religion because of the truth, peaceful and beauty.
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Nothing bad has been done in the name of Christianity as it cannot be justified in the name of Christ.
So, just how do you justify burning people at the stake during 'Inquistions' and like acts you apparently consider 'good'?
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What happened during the crusades 1000 years ago was to protect Christians from being brutally murdered by the Muslims there was no other choice but to defend.
I guess they must've had those defective Bibles missing parts like 'turn the other cheek', eh?
True you need to be thankful for all Christians and the Western world of which the main influences was Christianity. In fact after oppressing and persecuting early Christians, the Roman Empire made Christianity the official religion because of the truth, peaceful and beauty.
If you lived under Islamic or Jewish theocracy you would have been killed.
Sure dude
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