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Author Topic:   The Barbarity of Christianity (as compared to Islam)
RickJB
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Message 151 of 299 (335236)
07-25-2006 4:52 PM
Reply to: Message 149 by randman
07-25-2006 4:22 PM


Re: Is that an acceptable standard?
randman writes:
To smear "Christianity" in general because of what the Roman Catholics and early Protestants did is wholly wrong.
So I'm sure you'll agree it's equally wrong to smear all of Islam in response to the actions of extremist Wahhabis, yes?

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RickJB
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Message 169 of 299 (335341)
07-26-2006 12:32 AM
Reply to: Message 153 by randman
07-25-2006 4:56 PM


Re: Is that an acceptable standard?
Ah ha! So Christianity, as ever, is a special case. What a surprise!
Wahhabi Islam exists primarily in Saudi Arabia. However, the Muslim Brotherhood (a group which advocates an extreme political form of Islam), exists in all of those countries (except Iran of course).
I don't know what "pattern" you're looking at, but the one I see is one of poverty and political turmoil. Both are catalysts of extremist religion.
In any case, you have yet to demonstrate that all Muslims are extremists...

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RickJB
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Posts: 917
From: London, UK
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Message 175 of 299 (335631)
07-27-2006 3:29 AM
Reply to: Message 174 by randman
07-26-2006 5:05 PM


Re: Is that an acceptable standard?
randman writes:
...and that the push for gay marriage instead of civil unions....
Marriage IS a civil union. You seem to forget that the term is not limited any type of religion and no longer even to religion itself.
A gay civil union IS a gay marriage. It's up to the the individuals to decide if they want the union blessed by a church. There are some churches that are more than happy to bless such unions.
You talk as if your faith has some kind of monopoly on the term, when it is clear that it does not.
Edited by RickJB, : No reason given.

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