On 4 May 2014 17:15, <ghib...@gmail.com> wrote: > > On Sunday, May 4, 2014 12:14:59 AM UTC+1, Liz R wrote: > >> On 4 May 2014 07:22, spudboy100 via Everything List < >> everyth...@googlegroups.com> wrote: >> >>> I shan't defend the behaviors of the Abe religions over the centuries, >>> but you couldn't term the Hindu faith as pacifist either. In the 20th >>> century the political movement that had atheism at its core, was the >>> Marxist ideology, and how many tens of millions did it destroy, 70 mil, >>> 100? Not a bad catchup I'd say. The "pagan" faiths, previous to, and >>> coexistent with the Abe religions were not pacifist either and were hungry >>> for land, slaves, and murder, just like the Abe's, and even worse. Pagan >>> Rome employed crucifixion, remember? The ancient Chinese, were plenty, >>> murderous, as well. In the Americas and Africa, as far as archaeologists >>> and physical anthropologists, have determined, and were, what I term as >>> being 'genocide friendly.' None of the species were really nice guys for >>> much of the time.. >> >> >> Yep, the religions known as Stalinism and Nazism were just as destructive >> as the Crusades, etc. In fact anything ending in "Ism" seems to be a >> justification for murder or cruelty. (It looks like Capitalism is catching >> up with the others, and may soon surpass all of them if we aren't careful.) >> > > Excusing me, but the Crusades were a nick of time defensive response to a > massive ongoing Islamic aggression. >
Well, OK, I just picked that out of a hat, there have been so many religious wars after all. So just substitute "ongoing Islamic aggression" in the above, it doesn't change my point. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Everything List" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to everything-list+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to everything-list@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/everything-list. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
