Posted on 08/07/2010 3:45:37 AM PDT by Cardhu
How would they know a bible if they saw it? Those ignorant morons can’t even read. All they know is hate and murder.
I don’t buy that story. Polio vaccine has been given orally for decades. But I would not put such brutality past those savages.
Then you haven't read very much about history. There have been far more atrocities committed in the name of atheistic socialism than ANY religion ever dreamed of. One hundred million in the previous century alone.
So much for winning hearts and minds. These uncivilized heathens neither need nor deserve our help. Leave them to their own savagery before one more American hero sacrifices his or her blood on this lost cause.
...and some still criticize the Waffen SS. /s
Yep, one man’s terrorist is another man’s freedom/liberation fighter, guess that pretty much sums up what you’re saying, right? You focused on the Crusades part of my response, but I am not just talking about the Crusades. (And by the way, the Crusades were NOT just about the liberation of land — they were also about the spreading of THEIR religion, eliminating “heretics” — the Cathars, for example — and about overtaking other lands. Seven Crusades in all, not just the original one). But this is not just about the Crusades, which carried MANY atrocities under the guise of your so-called Liberators. This is also about many, many other atrocities throughout the ages that were committed in the name of Christianity, and which were listed on that site. It is not “my site,” by the way, so don’t say “your site.” I was born and raised Christian. Despite the site’s anti-Christian bias, it is simply “A” site that happens to have a pretty darn good, long list of atrocities and violent acts by religious Christians. I am not endorsing whatever the rest of the site has on it. There are plenty of other sites, many of them completely objective, that have similar lists. I am saying that you CANNOT honestly sit there and type something like “no religious Christians have ever committed atrocities” and believe it with a straight face. Do not delude and brainwash yourself into thinking that everything done in the name of Christianity throughout the ages has been “heroic” and “righteous” and “liberating.” Because everything has most certainly not. Every major religion (and most of the minor ones) throughout the ages have had people committing horrible acts in the name of their faith. That is just a fact, period.
You are deluded....completely—not to mention totally devoid of intellectual honesty or curiosity as regards the Crusades or Christianity. You know little apparently about the catharism either...just what wikis have told you, or worse a neo cathar.
You are the type that gives libertarians a bad stench.
more barbaric depravity from Islamo-Scum savages
there are no words for these demons from hell
Do not delude yourself and do not be so brainwashed by your faith that you deny facts. You simply cannot sit and type that NO religious Christians have ever been involved in ANY atrocities throughout the ages. That is simply delusional and completely untrue. You should not take these facts, however, as a knock on Christianity or on your faith personally. They are simply facts.
Agreed.
"The execution-style killings of 10 people working for a Christian medical team in a remote region of northern Afghanistan fit into Taliban insurgents' stated shift in tactics: Target Western civilians, especially Christians, as "foreign invaders."
And as for your comment regarding Catharism, are you denying the objective of the Albigensian Crusade? It was to eliminate the Cathars in south of France, whom Pope Innocent III (a clearly ironic name, given his role here) had branded as “heretical.”
Again, do not delude yourself into thinking that everything done in the name of Christianity (and Roman Catholicism) has been “holy” or “justified” or “righteous” or “pure” or “necessary.” Because it simply hasn’t. You can be insulting to me all you want, but I am only stating facts while you seem to be content with persisting in the defense of your obviously false statement that certainly no religious Christians have ever been involved in any violent acts or atrocities throughout the entirety of the history of Christianity. That is simply a false, self-delusional statement.
We knew the team leader, Tom Little. He has worked in Afghanistan for thirty years - through the years of the Soviet occupation and then the Taliban. He ran a optical clinic in Kabal when we knew him. During the Soviet occupation his neighbors would hide them in their houses from the Russian soldiers when they paroled. His wife once told me that once while she was home on furlough she started to be very anxious about all the danger Tom was in and worry about him. In God’s providence, she got into what should have been a fatal auto accident but miraculously came out alive. As the doctor was explaining to her how lucky she was, all she could think of was that if the Lord could protect from this danger in the USA, He was more than able to do the same for her husband. There is danger everywhere and it is only by God’s grace we live or die. It would seem the Lord saw fit to take him home this time.
” ... be thou faithful unto death, and I will give thee a crown of life.” Rev. 2:10
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The only delusion is the one you promote.
FYI-Religious Christians defend the faith when it is attacked. They do not nor have they ever attacked first. Christianity is love. But Christianity fiercely defends wshen its people are attacked.
Uh, the story is many decades old...
Somewhere about the time we had 2 polio vaccines to take - one oral & one injected
You are simply incorrect. Sorry, but you are. Jesus’ original message may be Love, but not ALL actions by “religious Christians” throughout the history of Christianity have been in sanctified self-defense. Not even close! If you truly believe that, then you, my friend, are truly, utterly delusional. But I guess ignorance is bliss, huh?
Know them by their deeds. If someone who calls themselves a Christian comits an atrocity then they are not a Christian but a hypocrite. True Christians obey the word of God.
Yep, you are correct. Guess that makes Pope Innocent III a hypocrite then, huh? A whole lot of people throughout the ages and into modern times have considered themselves, even fervently, to be “true, good Christians,” but have committed decidedly un-Christian acts, including murder. I consider Fred Phelps and his followers to be modern examples of individuals who absolutely, unquestionably, fervently believe that they are “righteous Christians,” while carrying out completely hate-filled, extremely despicable acts. Yet, in his mind, he is a TRUE Christian and everyone else that does not go along with him and his methods — THEY are the hypocrites, in his mind.
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