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To: SkyDancer

No need to link him. The leader was running what purported to be a “Christian” prayer group.

I think there’s an important distinction here. If Muslims anywhere in the world do something similar, a lot of freepers make snide comments about the ROP.

Well, this appears to be a murder committed by (people who claim to be) Christians. So should we make the same remarks about Christianity?

Here’s the distinction. Some murders committed by Muslims are (they claim, with a great deal of evidence that it is the case) justified and required by their religion. The Koran and other Muslim scriptures specifically call for the killings.

You just can’t say that about the Bible or other Christian scriptures. Christians comment crimes all the time, but it’s not because they’re carrying out Christ’s instructions, in fact they are violating them when they do so.

Some of the crimes Muslims commit really are required by their faith.


16 posted on 12/01/2012 9:29:20 PM PST by Sherman Logan
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To: Sherman Logan
Well, this appears to be a murder committed by (people who claim to be) Christians. So should we make the same remarks about Christianity?

NO.

But the ONLY group, that I am aware of, that CLAIM to be 'christian' is MORMONism.

34 posted on 12/02/2012 7:43:43 PM PST by Elsie (Heck is where people, who don't believe in Gosh, think they are not going...)
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