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Christians get butthurt on a daily basis too. Doesn't mean they're all assholes.Quote:
Originally Posted by Polygon
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White, religious zealots burn a theater to the ground for showing a controversial film about Jesus.Quote:
Originally Posted by Article
Looks like all Christians are intolerant and will maliciously attack and burn detractors to the ground, right?
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Originally Posted by Polygon
Great response.....
last time i checked, christians did not start a religious-validated war at any point in the last several hundred years. muslims, on the other hand, have yet to stop.
What do YOU define as war?
Didn't they have a 'god given right' to kill all the native americans so that they could rule from 'sea to sea'?
There were also the crusades.....
I won't argue that. I'm not generalizing so there's no need to get defensive. I'm only talking about the ones who are offended. The Christians you're referencing are assholes too.Quote:
Originally Posted by Alex3000gt
It's a perfect response. I don't care why they're offended about this. The fact remains that it is such a stupid and petty thing to get offended about. They're the kind of people that are looking for things to be offended about. That's what makes them assholes.Quote:
Originally Posted by arthur92710
What the white man did to the native Americans was not a holy war. They didn't do it under any pretenses of religion. That is a horrible comparison. As for the crusades, don't pin that on Christianity. You can attribute that to Catholicism, and them alone. You need to get your facts straight.Quote:
Originally Posted by arthur92710
and 400 years before the crusades, muslims invaded the iberian penninsula. your point?Quote:
Originally Posted by arthur92710
i'm not condoning religious fascism of any sort. i don't condone violence or intolerance. religiously-motivated acts in this vein should be prosecuted as hate-crimes unilaterally. and just because one group does it, doesn't excuse another to do it either. if your next door neighbor murders someone, it doesn't give you the right to do it too.
what i will say is that out of all the world's religions, islam has perpetrated the MOST deaths. perhaps that's a byproduct of the size of it's population of believers. in any event, the catholic church is second. and it's not even a close second.
i would furthermore venture that islam has killed more people worldwide than ethnic cleansing has; a claim which no other religion could hope to match.
Ok, I see where your coming from. I agree that it is a stupid thing to get mad about, but its what they believe in. Do you think that the USA would be as great if Columbus and the rest did not follow their beliefs(they seemed crazy at that time)?
Links? Where are these numbers from?Quote:
Originally Posted by inperfectdarkness
Columbus came here looking for a faster trade route to Asia. They didn't think he was crazy, as they knew the Earth was round. They just thought it was a lot smaller than it was. Once again, had nothing to do with belief. It was about money. As for the Pilgrims that landed in Plymouth, they were trying to escape oppression. I don't care if those are their beliefs. It remains something asinine to be offended about. If I got offended about every little thing that is said about my religion I would be offended most of the damn time, but I don't because it doesn't matter.Quote:
Originally Posted by arthur92710
They remain.... assholes.
not the greatest of sources, but it does provide source materials:
JIHAD in NUMBERS