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To: roaddog727

Chestless cowards? I disagree. Just imagine how much more peaceful the world would be if nobody was willing to die for religious beliefs.


20 posted on 09/03/2006 10:21:06 AM PDT by balls (Religion is the root of all evil)
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To: balls

That would be a pretty sad world.

Utterly utopian and pointless.


27 posted on 09/03/2006 10:27:53 AM PDT by roaddog727 (Bullsh## doesn't get bridges built.)
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To: balls
I disagree. Just imagine how much more peaceful the world would be if nobody was willing to die for religious beliefs.

Very well put! I agree with you. :~)

Though we might all cringe when we see kidnappers get what they want, I can't blame a man for wanting his life more than he wants to be thought-well-of-in-death by a bunch of armchair critics who have never had a confrontation with barbarians who would not hesitate to die for 'their' God. And no, I don't think that aspect makes them better people at all, merely more zealous.

If these two had been killed, we'd have never known why, and these critics who judge them harshly would have probably blamed them anyway just for being over there.

39 posted on 09/03/2006 10:46:17 AM PDT by HairOfTheDog (Head On. Apply directly to the forehead!)
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To: balls
if nobody was willing to die for religious beliefs

It all depends on how you view eternity. Obviously for you, this life is all there is. I would rather hope for something better.

53 posted on 09/03/2006 11:22:27 AM PDT by agrarianlady
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To: balls
Chestless cowards? I disagree. Just imagine how much more peaceful the world would be if nobody was willing to die for religious beliefs.

It would not be one iota more peaceful. Those with evil in their hearts would hate you just as much for some other reason if religion was taken out of the equation. To think otherwise is soporific folly.

56 posted on 09/03/2006 11:54:04 AM PDT by Surtur (Free Trade is NOT Fair Trade unless both economies are equivalent.)
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To: balls

I don't think that would help much; it would leave all those people willing to kill for their religious beliefs, and their non-religious beliefs for that matter. And no one willing to pull out all the stops to thwart them. Oh bother.


60 posted on 09/03/2006 1:20:16 PM PDT by rightwingcrazy
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To: balls
Just imagine how much more peaceful the world would be if nobody was willing to die for religious beliefs.

Being willing to *die* for your beliefs is not any threat to peace. Being willing to *kill* for them is the real problem.

64 posted on 09/03/2006 3:20:48 PM PDT by Ichneumon (Ignorance is curable, but the afflicted has to want to be cured.)
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To: balls
Chestless cowards? I disagree. Just imagine how much more peaceful the world would be if nobody was willing to die for religious beliefs.

Channeling John Lennon, are you? Try these:

Just imagine how much more peaceful the world would be if nobody was willing to kill for religious beliefs.

Just imagine how much more peaceful the world would be if nobody was willing to die for political beliefs.

Just imagine how much more peaceful the world would be if nobody was willing to kill to achieve riches and power.

True belief in Christianity is NEVER at the heart of religious conflict. Christian belief is often used as a cover for killing to hide the true motive.
93 posted on 09/03/2006 8:03:49 PM PDT by Antoninus (I don't vote for liberals, regardless of party.)
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