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Faith 
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Message 91 of 113 (735779)
08-24-2014 3:19 PM
Reply to: Message 88 by Dr Adequate
08-23-2014 6:31 PM


Peaceful protests get you no where, if you have no means to defend yourself.
... as General Gandhi said when he urged his troops to press home the final assault in the Battle of Delhi.
Gandhi's method can only work against a Christian nation. He wouldn't last an hour against the Islamic State or any totalitarian regime.

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Faith 
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Message 96 of 113 (735784)
08-24-2014 5:18 PM
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08-24-2014 5:11 PM


On balance it was a good thing for them, brought them into the modern world, and that was thanks to the Christian nature of their conquerors. I'm with Dinesh D'Souza, originally from India, who has argued that it was a good thing, and that the motives of the British Empire were infused with Christianity despite the expectable lapses into human fallenness. We're now being sold the politically correct line that comes out of Marxism, that despises everything western and particularly Christianity and makes up evils against it, and of course you've bought it.
But now we're way off topic. Can you find any reason except the basic Christianity of the British for the success of Gandhi's peaceful protest? Do you suppose that unarmed resistance would stand a chance against Islam or Communism?
abe: You could make the case of Tienanmen Square, but that could be chalked up to the fact that the world was watching, and the oppression has continued since then.
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