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crashfrog
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Message 75 of 92 (92669)
03-16-2004 2:37 AM
Reply to: Message 73 by keith63
03-15-2004 11:08 AM


I don't recall any homicide bombings being carried out by a Christian.
They usually don't have the decency to stand by their bombs when they go off. Tim McVeigh was a Christian, for instance. Plus I gather you haven't been near any abortion clinics in the past two decades. Plenty of Christian bombs there...

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crashfrog
Member (Idle past 1497 days)
Posts: 19762
From: Silver Spring, MD
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Message 79 of 92 (95067)
03-27-2004 1:19 AM
Reply to: Message 78 by NotAHero
03-27-2004 12:16 AM


If a title alone makes you exactly that, then we're all in trouble.
Silly me, I usually take somebody's word at face value when they identify their own religious beliefs. As for not following the rules, you are aware that they make the same claim about you, right?
I love how abortion clinic bombings and the like are so easily associated with "Christians," but when it comes to the countless charitable acts done all over the world, they're hardly mentioned or laced with ideas that they're done for self-serving purposes of "forcing" religion down someone else's throat.
Hey, I'm an atheist, and I'll be the first to admit that Christians do great deeds around the world for the disenfranchised - all the more noteworthy for a faith that denies that good deeds get you into heaven. They're just as truly altruistic as the atheist, in that way.
But obviously Christians have neither the monopoly on charity or on hatred. Generally we're only pointing out these bad Christians to counter claims that Christians are better than everybody else, which is obviously false.
Some Christians are good, and some are bad. I'm content to let their actions mark which is which.

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