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CBS Poll: Most Democrats Think Christianity Is as Violent as Islam
Townhall ^ | February 6, 2017 | Justin Holcomb

Posted on 02/08/2017 9:33:35 AM PST by NYer

Only one-in-seven registered Democrats in America believe that Islam is more violent as a whole than Christianity, according to a new CBS poll.

Catastrophes such as September 11th, the War on Terror, and recent attacks throughout the world were not enough to make a difference between Christianity and Islam for some.  ISIS, Al-Qaeda, and the Taliban were also overwritten.

Republicans had a much different perspective on the matter however.  Over six-in-ten believe that Islam is more violent in nature than other religions.


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KEYWORDS: ac; christianity; islam; persecution; violence
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To: NYer
Actually, mandated atheism is the biggest killer/torturer of history and nobody comes close to their record.

Marxist regimes killed or slave labored 100 - 300 million people and their "religion" was mandated atheism.
21 posted on 02/08/2017 9:56:32 AM PST by \/\/ayne (I regret that I have but one subscription cancellation notice to give to my local newspaper.)
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To: Osage Orange
Polls are not FAKE news............
22 posted on 02/08/2017 10:01:16 AM PST by Kartographer ("We mutually pledge to each other our lives, our fortunes and our sacred honor.")
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To: NYer; politicianslie
A simple review of what Islam expects of it followers should give those "non-thinkers" second thoughts. It clearly has nothing to do with a civilized religion and very much appears the charter for a terrorist group.

HT to politicianslie.

23 posted on 02/08/2017 10:02:57 AM PST by frog in a pot (Obama: "We need to remake America"; Trump: "We need to rebuild America!")
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To: NYer

Dennis Prager describes this phenomena well. Liberal secularists have been fighting the Judeo-Christian American world view for a century. They still see conservative religious people as a theocracy-in-waiting to oppress people. The saying “fascism will come waving a flag and Bible” and dystopia per “The Handmaid’s Tale” exemplify their fears.
They join with Islamo-fascists to have an impassioned ally against the conservative Christians, assuming that Muslims will convert to secularism just as many moderate Christians have. They like having the ability to attack Christians while saying “see, we don’t hate all religion, see, this monotheist Muslim agrees with me you have to take Christianity out of the public sphere.”
Their love of Islam as an ally, the romanticization of the foreigner (just as racist as blanket xenophobia) and reflexive sympathy for the perceived underdog of economically poor Muslim nations allows them to ignore Islam’s repeated modern cases of theocracy (Iran, Saudi Arabia, ISIS, Boko Haram) and Islam’s current oppression of women, homosexuals, atheists, religious minorities in almost every Muslim majority nation.

TLDR - liberals ally with Muslims to fight Christians out of generations of habit and phantom fear of Christian theocracy while ignoring Islam’s modern day theocracies and violence.


24 posted on 02/08/2017 10:04:21 AM PST by tbw2
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To: NYer

i haven’t beheaded anybody in months and gosh, it’s been a year or more since I burned anyone alive!


25 posted on 02/08/2017 10:12:08 AM PST by Shimmer1 (Do not merely live the length of your life but the depth of it as well.)
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To: Kartographer

Yeah...that looks better!!


26 posted on 02/08/2017 10:16:08 AM PST by Osage Orange (We can all live together as brothers or perish together as fools)
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To: NYer

If sharks were procalimed a victim group by their elite they would think minnows and sharks are equally dangerous. these people have no connection to reality.


27 posted on 02/08/2017 10:19:03 AM PST by Cubs Fan (Did we riot when they won? No, because we are better people than they are.)
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To: NYer
Bill Warner, PhD: Why We Are Afraid: 1400 Years of Fear

28 posted on 02/08/2017 10:38:22 AM PST by amorphous
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To: amorphous

Telling the world that we fear Islam gives great satisfaction to the bearded monsters.

What I fear most are the Congress critters who want these monsters to come live with us instead of banning them from our society.


29 posted on 02/08/2017 10:46:31 AM PST by 353FMG (AMERICA FIRST.)
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To: NYer

This is one of those weird polls where they are asking about a factual matter and reporting it as if the whole thing is about opinion.

Factually, it is clear that worldwide, people proclaiming the Muslim faith have committed vastly more violent acts than people proclaiming the Christian faith.

So this poll is really about how wrong each party is, and we see that Democrats are very deceived.


30 posted on 02/08/2017 10:47:29 AM PST by CharlesWayneCT
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To: NYer
Democrats spread lies to their black underclass base that Conservative White Americans have killed more Americans than radical Muslims.

Some of the black bimbos on MSNBC have parroted that lie so it's no surprise the lie has spread to include 'Christians'...

31 posted on 02/08/2017 10:49:15 AM PST by GOPJ ("CHRISTIAN BAN" DURING WORLD WAR II: GERMANS AND ITALIANS STOPPED FROM IMMIGRATING TO U.S.)
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To: The KG9 Kid

Uh, “per capita” is used precisely to factor OUT the number of people in a group. And in fact on a per-capita basis, Muslims are much more violent than Christians. Also on an absolute basis.

And the number of each isn’t all THAT different, 2.2 billion nomimal christians, 1.6 billion nominal muslims.


32 posted on 02/08/2017 10:51:02 AM PST by CharlesWayneCT
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To: NYer
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33 posted on 02/08/2017 10:53:11 AM PST by timestax (American Media = Domestic Enemy)
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To: timestax
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34 posted on 02/08/2017 10:54:05 AM PST by timestax (American Media = Domestic Enemy)
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To: NYer

If it were, the Democrats would be as scared of Christians as they are of Islam. That they have no problem bashing Christians and are terrified of even oblique criticisms of Islam should tell you all you need to know.


35 posted on 02/08/2017 10:55:11 AM PST by Antoninus ("The Western world has lost its civil courage, both as a whole and separately." -Solzhenitsyn)
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To: 353FMG
Telling the world that we fear Islam gives great satisfaction to the bearded monsters.

It may, but educating the world about the true nature of Islam is very important.

To all who haven't seen the video at the link, documenting the history of Islam, I highly recommend you watch it and pass it on to others. It leaves little doubt of the importance of stopping Islam from taking over our planet.

36 posted on 02/08/2017 10:55:38 AM PST by amorphous
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To: NYer
.... I have heard this argument before .... The argument is that the United States is a Christian Country which is murdering Muslims by the thousands every year! Thus the statement that Christians kill just as many people as Muslims.

.... They fail to accept the fact that the United States is an actual nation fighting wars in Muslim countries protecting our National Interests .... thus killing people which happen to be of that faith.

... Radical Muslims on the other hand are religious people that purposely kill non believers in the name of their god and religion.

37 posted on 02/08/2017 11:33:03 AM PST by R_Kangel ( "A Nation of Sheep ..... Will Beget ..... a Nation Ruled by Wolves.")
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To: NYer

So, Democrats are enemies of God, as well as enemies of patriots, heterosexuals, white men, liberty, free speech, conservatives, hard work, capitalism and truth.

I have pretty much nothing to do with avowed Democrats anymore.


38 posted on 02/08/2017 11:47:07 AM PST by polymuser
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To: polymuser

Proverbs 9:10 The fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom, and knowledge of the Holy One is understanding.


39 posted on 02/08/2017 12:17:13 PM PST by Maudeen (No one on this earth is too far gone for Jesus.)
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To: NYer

10 out of 10 of me know that Mohammedanism is inherently far more violent than any other religion.

(I polled myself, with a margin of error of 0.0%.)


40 posted on 02/08/2017 12:23:17 PM PST by YogicCowboy ("I am not entirely on anyone's side, because no one is entirely on mine." - JRRT)
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