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And there are Muslim fanatics blowing themselves up with suicide vests, does that also make them right?

Good grief.

They gave their lives for their religion, so they must have been right.

Same stuff, different religion.

966 posted on 09/26/2006 9:18:53 AM PDT by Jaguarbhzrd

"And there are Muslim fanatics blowing themselves up with suicide vests, does that also make them right? Same stuff, different religion."

That's not even apples and oranges.

It is entirely different to have a reasoning belief based on evidence, and to have an irrational belief system based on dogma.

It is also entirely different to be unwilling to renounce one's faith even in the face of torture and death, compared to attempts to coerce people to adhere to your religious beliefs and kill them and yourself if they refuse.

You are comparing true religion with the antithesis of it. You are comparing God centered faith with Satanism. And yes, Satanic religion comes in many disguises: Judaism, Islam, Buddhism, Atheism, AND Christianity (any many others). Just because people call themselves something does not make it so. You can tell who is truly a follower of Jesus because they do what He did.

Matthew 7:21-23

Not every one [who calls Me] Lord, shall enter into the kingdom of heaven; but he who does the will of my Father Who is in heaven. Many will say to me in that day, Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied in Your name? and in Your name have cast out demons? and in Your name done many wonderful works? And then will I profess to them, I never knew you: depart from me, you who work iniquity.

970 posted on 09/26/2006 9:38:59 AM PDT by unlearner (You will never come to know that which you do not know until you first know that you do not know it.)

You sure got that backwards. The Moslem nut cases are blowing up OTHER PEOPLE, and sometimes themselves. The Christian martyrs were being killed ~ they weren't killing anyone else, nor did they blow up while killing innocent people.

It's the chain of causality that's causing you some problem. That's among the first things to go as you develop Alzheimers.

982 posted on 09/26/2006 10:41:17 AM PDT by muawiyah

To: Jaguarbhzrd; unlearner

... They gave their lives for their religion, so they must have been right. ..

Julius and Ethel will be pleased to hear that.

1,027 posted on 09/26/2006 1:23:51 PM PDT by Virginia-American (What do you call an honest creationist? An evolutionist.)

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