[VegasCowboy]

McVeigh was a Christian? I thought he was an atheist. I guess this reporter doesn't feel facts are important.

[Puppage]

While I applaud the national ''Not in the Name of Islam'' campaign condemning terrorism

It's SO national that I've never heard of it. But, just like democRATS, I guess they haven't gotten their message out.

[Alexander Rubin]

For what it's worth, McVeigh was a member of the Christian Identity movement. He had ties to Elohim City (the associated neo-nazi compound, in Oklahoma, I believe).

If you don't know what the Christian Identity movement is, consider yourself lucky. Christian Identity is a label applied to a wide variety of loosely-affiliated groups and churches with a racist, perverted Christian theology: Aryan blood purity, British Israelism and militant white supremacist spliced with a very unChristian Christianity, all hastily slapped together into one delightfully offensive package.

At best they are white separatists. At worst, they are rabid neonazis, who venerate Hitler, hate Jews and Catholics and blacks and HIspanics and (list goes on and on). etc. etc.

They are not Christian. Unless you believe that purging all non Aryan peoples from the earth or deporting them is a critical tenet of Christianity, that only Aryan Anglo-Saxons can be true Christians, etc. etc.. Which I doubt many true Christians do. ;)

[RobbyS]

McVey was an apostate Catholic. He refused all ministration from priests until the last night. Don't know how that last encounter turned out.

[spetznaz]

Actually even IF McVeigh claimed to be a Christian it wouldn't change a thing. After all McVeigh did not bomb the building in the name of Christ. However Islamic terrorism always claims to commit their vile acts in the name of Islam. Hence the author cannot try to place a link between Christianity and Islam.

And let me explain further. If a Muslim robs me I wouldn't call him an 'Islamic robber.' I'd just call him a robber. HOWEVER if he robbed me, and said he did so in the Name of Islam, then he would automatically be an Islamic robber. Same thing if a Southern Baptist robbed me. IF he just robbed me I would term him simply as a thug. However if he robbed me based on his religions beliefs, then I can correctly call him a Christian thug or a Southern Baptist highwayman, or a Bible Bandit!

All terrorism committed by muslims is done in the name of Islam, hence it is in essence Islamic Terrorism.

[minus_273]

yup, but the left doesn't let the facts get in the way of propaganda

[AppyPappy]

McVeigh converted to Catholicism shortly before his execution.

[Carry_Okie]

I guess this reporter doesn't feel facts are important.

Clearly not; he's forgetting about the involvement of Iraqi intelligence in the OKC bobmbing. They aren't exactly Christian either.