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You guys have me quaking in my boots over here. The Christian terrorists might... I don't know... throw some holy water on me! And my skin will disintegrate like in the vampire movies.
I think we should start a new thread about how the crusader and inquisitor zombies are going to rise from their graves, float across the ocean and get us. Because that's really scary.
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Originally Posted by LS Jaun
Better take a qualude dude, you going to bust a blood vessel.
First he should actually bother to read the entire thread before blathering... half of what he claims has been debunked.
Sure, such acts qualify as terrorism. But in order to qualify as "Christian terrorism" it would have to be done IN THE NAME OF CHRIST. But, as you well know, that almost never happens.
And the Army of God had a whole 10-12 members and hasn't been heard from for about 15 years. Islam on the other hand...
Well this post definitely proves the point of this thread! Never a Christian terrorist, "that terrorist was not a Christian," apologetic tactic is always used.
So if you say that you're a pink elephant does that you're a pink elephant? If someone says they are a Christian but does unthinkable things that does not mean they are a Christian. Period.
I am not a Christian nor are any of my relatives or any of my ancestors. Therefore I like to think of myself as detached and objective. However I have an opinion, and it is only an opinion. I am not an expert on religion.
It seems to me that Christianity is older, wiser, more tolerant and certainly more evolved religion than Islam. Christianity was around for something like 600 years when Muhammad first appeared on the scene. Christianity struggled with the fratricidal wars (Western Church vs. Eastern Church, then Catholics vs. Protestants), the need for bloodthirsty conquest, the elimination of nonconformists (such as the Jews), etc. in the past. The Crusades took place 1,000 years ago, the Inquisition 500 years ago, the Pogroms 100 years ago.
Once upon a time there were Christian terrorists. No more.
Islam is centuries behind Christianity. If these religions were a single person "Christian" would be an educated middle aged polite person. "Muslim" would be a rude, rebellious adolescent who is careless and selfish. "Buddhist" would be the wisest, in my view ... oldest, mature, learned, and scholarly.
I am not a Christian nor are any of my relatives or any of my ancestors. Therefore I like to think of myself as detached and objective. However I have an opinion, and it is only an opinion. I am not an expert on religion.
It seems to me that Christianity is older, wiser, more tolerant and certainly more evolved religion than Islam. Christianity was around for something like 600 years when Muhammad first appeared on the scene. Christianity struggled with the fratricidal wars (Western Church vs. Eastern Church, then Catholics vs. Protestants), the need for bloodthirsty conquest, the elimination of nonconformists (such as the Jews), etc. in the past. The Crusades took place 1,000 years ago, the Inquisition 500 years ago, the Pogroms 100 years ago.
Once upon a time there were Christian terrorists. No more.
Islam is centuries behind Christianity. If these religions were a single person "Christian" would be an educated middle aged polite person. "Muslim" would be a rude, rebellious adolescent who is careless and selfish. "Buddhist" would be the wisest, in my view ... oldest, mature, learned, and scholarly.
not sure about that- there are still wars in Ireland areas
Defined or not, if a so-called Christian or Christian group commits a violent act - call it terrorism or don't - the VAST MAJORITY of Christians speak out against it & take action in both deed/law and punishment to stop further aggression and/or hold the offenders accountable. And no, I'm not talking about horrors that happened 50 to 500 years ago - most members of society thankfully have evolved since then. I'm referring to fairly recent atrocities since, let's be honest here, that's what we are really talking about wrt to the OP's question. And if you need examples of this, simply look to any crimes in the last 15-20 years that you might claim are committed by Christians....they didn't just "get away with it"...good Christians stood up and spoke out. (Nope, I'm not a Christian...but perhaps one day I will be)
Conversely, look at the number of terrorist attacks thruout the world committed in the name of Islam. Depending on whose estimate you choose to believe; there are over one billion Muslims in the world today. For every Muslim who speaks out against Islamic terrorism, there are how many Muslims that do not? 100? A thousand? Thousands??? My point is, whether through fear or adoration, the VAST MAJORITY of Muslims do not speak out against this. Even if only to defend their peace-loving faith, Muslims should be much MUCH louder in their disapproval of radical Islam & all that entails.
You cannot have a discussion based on the OP's question, without making that very clear distinction.
You guys are ignoring Northern Ireland and yes it was done often in the name of their specific beliefs.
That is the 2nd time you mentioned Northern Ireland as an example.
Far too many people, especially Americans have the impression it is/was an religious war.
For starters, it had little to do with religion, rather the religious differences broke down along Irish vs. British ethnic lines. Obviously the majority of British being Protestants, and the majority of Irish being Catholic.
So the IRA nor any of the Loyalist paramilitaries (or British troops) were killing each other in the name of Jesus, or their denominational differences.
Instead it was the Irish trying to drive the British out of the whole of Ireland, similar to what was done in the south, now the Republic of Ireland.
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