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Title: The Problem Isn’t Islam … It’s ALL Religious Fundamentalism
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washingtonsblog
URL Source: http://www.washingtonsblog.com/2014 ... amentalists-just-muslisms.html
Published: Aug 26, 2014
Author: washingtonsblog
Post Date: 2015-01-20 15:49:51 by Gatlin
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Views: 25066
Comments: 78
While the Koran Calls for Violence, The Bible Is Even Worse … Calling for Genocide Christians and Jews rightly point out that the Koran is a violent text which calls on Muslims to attack “unbelievers”. But they fail to see that the Bible is at least as violent.
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#1. To: Gatlin, Y'ALL (#0)
As Christian writer and psychiatrist M. Scott Peck – who served as the United States Army’s Assistant Chief Psychiatry and Neurology Consultant to the Surgeon General of the Army, and held the rank of Lieutenant Colonel – explained, there are different stages of spiritual maturity. Fundamentalism – whether it be Muslim, Christian, Jewish or Hindu fundamentalism – is an immature stage of development. Indeed, a Christian fundamentalist who kills others in the name of religion is much more similar to a Muslim – or Jewish, Hindu or Buddhist – fundamentalist who kills others in the name of his religion than to a Christian who peacefully fights for justice and truth, helps the poor, or serves to bring hope to the downtrodden. Postscript: Sadly, the U.S. and our allies are making matters worse by backing the most barbaric, crazed, fundamentalist Muslims … and overthrowing the moderate Arabs. "Most Muslims condemn Islamic terrorism?" Doesn't gatlin find that debatable?
Care to give us a few thousand examples of Christians killing for Christ? I can think of none. Putting Born Again Christians in the same league with muslims is so incorrect as to be sickening. If US Christians decided to do to muslims in the US what muslims in the muslim word do to unarmed Christians in their land, there would have been a zero muslim count at the last census, but since we haven't, your premise is proved asinine.
Indeed, the Nazis, the Norwegian mass murderer and many others have committed terrorism in the name of Christianity. Adolph Hitler professed to be a Christian, and churches in Nazi Germany mainly supported the Nazis. ..... Most Muslims condemn Islamic terrorism, just as most Christians condemn terrorism by fundamentalist Christians and most Jews condemn terrorism by fundamentalist Jews. ......
Just because a person, group or even denomination call them selves Christians does not make them Christians, to be a Christian means to be both a follower and o 0beyer of Christ. Shortly I am going to do a thought entitled "Remember me". It may help separate the Christian from the the likes of those you cited.
The same may be said of Islam, no? Bottom line... attempting to use religion as an excuse for bad behavior is despicable, IMO. The neo-lib/neo-con alliance. Different wings, same bird (Satan/D&R party).
Don't they both claim to be Catholics?
No. The Catholics of note in American politics are Nancy Pelosi, Joe Biden, John Kerry and 6X SCOTUS justices. A Catholic outside this murderous circle is one Rick Santorum who is Pro Life.
Gingrich converted to Catholic due to his new wife.
What happened to his 'old' wife? Wonder what the bishop has to say about that.
He's had three wives. The first he dumped ("She's not young enough or pretty enough to be the wife of the President. And besides, she has cancer."). The second dumped him. The present one is Catholic. Those two annulments must have set him back a pretty penny. Gingrich was raised a Lutheran.[197] In graduate school, he was a Southern Baptist. He converted to Catholicism, Bisek's faith, on March 29, 2009.[198][199] He said "over the course of several years, I gradually became Catholic and then decided one day to accept the faith I had already come to embrace." The moment when he decided to officially become a Catholic was when he saw Pope Benedict XVI on his visit to the United States in 2008: "Catching a glimpse of Pope Benedict that day, I was struck by the happiness and peacefulness he exuded. The joyful and radiating presence of the Holy Father was a moment of confirmation about the many things I had been thinking and experiencing for several years."[200] Gingrich has stated that he has developed a greater appreciation for the role of faith in public life following his conversion, and believes that the United States has become too secular. At a 2011 appearance in Columbus, Ohio, he said, "In America, religious belief is being challenged by a cultural elite trying to create a secularized America, in which God is driven out of public life."[116] Gingrich is allowed to receive holy communion, despite being divorced, because his two earlier marriages were annulled by the Catholic church.
Maybe Vic can explain this one.
#77. To: redleghunter (#76)
Maybe Vic can explain this one. I'm always up for 'splainin'. This time, I'm not sure what it is I'm s'posed to be explaining, though.
Top • Page Up • Full Thread • Page Down • Bottom/LatestMost Muslims condemn Islamic terrorism, just as most Christians condemn terrorism by fundamentalist Christians and most Jews condemn terrorism by fundamentalist Jews.
#2. To: tpaine (#1)
Indeed, a Christian fundamentalist who kills others in the name of religion
#10. To: BobCeleste (#2)
examples of Christians killing for Christ? I can think of none.
Knights Templar
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#64. To: hondo68 (#10)
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#67. To: BobCeleste, *Neo-Lib Chickenhawk Wars* (#64)
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Just because a person, group or even denomination call them selves Christians does not make them Christians, to be a Christian means to be both a follower and o 0beyer of ...
#69. To: hondo68 (#67)
#70. To: CZ82 (#69)
Don't they both claim to be Catholics?
#72. To: redleghunter (#70)
#73. To: hondo68 (#72)
Gingrich converted to Catholic due to his new wife
#74. To: redleghunter (#73)
What happened to his 'old' wife?
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#76. To: hondo68, Vicomte13 (#74)
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