[DesertRhino]

“Vile acts were committed in Baal temples. My understanding is that part of their ceremony includes the burning alive of children.
Though I wouldn’t suggest we destroy it ourselves, I find myself unable to shed a tear upon hearing of the destruction of such a vile place.”

I hear rumors that in the coliseum in Rome they tortured and murder Christians. That think needs to come down. Of course, you would need the moral evasion of not doing it yourself, but just being pleased that it was done.

[DiogenesLamp]

I hear rumors that in the coliseum in Rome they tortured and murder Christians. That think needs to come down. Of course, you would need the moral evasion of not doing it yourself, but just being pleased that it was done.

I think they tortured and murdered plenty of people who were not Christian. And it wasn't just a cult doing it, it was the most powerful nation on Earth at the time.

You give in easily to weak and/or false comparisons.

[MD Expat in PA]

you may think it nothing more than ‘cool architecture’ however, it was a place of worship so vile, so disgusting, so perverse, that it’s destruction represents a small victory of good over evil

So you are with and stand with ISIS in destroying anything that is “pre-Islamic” or anything “pre-Christian”? Never mind the fact that the temple also once was converted to a Christian Church.

The real facts, as we know them: the Temple of Baal, also known as the Temple of Bel, was built in Palmyra, Syria in 32 AD, and for centuries it was a place of worship to the Mesopotamian god Bel. It was later converted to a Christian churchand then a mosque. In August 2015, ISIS destroyed the temple and beheaded the archaeologist who had been looking after the ruins for 40 years. Why? ISIS considers "pre-Islamic religious objects or structures sacrilegious." Also, they're complete assholes. http://gothamist.com/2016/03/30/goodbye_america_thx_obama.php

God Destroyed some things, many relics, many great architectural buildings, many prominent cultures and Evil religions, because those cultures were extremely vile, nasty, and evil- but He did allow some to remain- for whatever Reason He had- but that doesn’t mean we have to celebrate them or bring attention to them- and We certainly aren’t to be a party to any sort of promotion of them and their wicked ways-

I hear rumors that in the coliseum in Rome they tortured and murder Christians. That think needs to come down. Of course, you would need the moral evasion of not doing it yourself, but just being pleased that it was done.

Some other historically important archeological sites and works of art that ISIS and evidently some idiots here would like to see destroyed for their “wicked ways”: