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To: gore3000
What a low-life you are comparing Christians to those mass murderers.

I was doing nothing of the kind. I was pointing out the faulty nature of your argument by means of reducto absurdum (showing that it has absurd consequences).

Islam has always been the religion of murder - that's why atheists like yourself do not mind to see it preached - to cause division and to serve as a means to attack what you truly hate - Christianity.

You're the one who said it's all about belief versus atheism, and not about particular religions, not me. Well, Osama and the jihadis are unquestionably on the side of belief and therefore, according to your own argument, on your side.

But of course they're not really on your side, or my side, or on the side of any genuine conservative, freeper, or any patriotic American, and this illustrates what's wrong with your argument. Your bigoted and myopic particularism prevents you from recognizing that you have many cultural allies, even if they don't share all of your beliefs.

There are many atheists, agnostics, secularists, non-Christians (even some Muslims) of all varieties who are genuine political allies. Even though I'm an agnostic, I certainly recognize there are many conservative Christians, and some (theologically) liberal Christians, who are my allies. OTOH there are plenty of Christians and other theists who are dyed in the wool, hard-core leftists.

IOW, your argument, in #3057, that "[t]he fight going on in America is between religion and atheism," is just wrong. There are theists and agnostics or non-theists on both sides. This is just a fact.

3,348 posted on 10/16/2003 12:06:42 AM PDT by Stultis
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To: gore3000
But of course they're [Osama & the jihadis] not really on your side

Well, I should have said, except on that whole creationism thing...

3,349 posted on 10/16/2003 12:11:33 AM PDT by Stultis
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To: Stultis
sensible rejoinder bump.

;^)
3,361 posted on 10/21/2003 2:06:58 PM PDT by headsonpikes (Spirit of '76 bttt!)
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