---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, <s3raphita@...> wrote :
---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, <jr_esq@...> wrote : B, I'd say. THAT IS THE CORRECT ANSWER. YOU OBVIOUSLY KEEP AN EYE ON CURRENT NEWS. For those saying "What century?": The 21st century - and certainly for the lifetimes of your children and grandchildren. The point was, there was a time when the Christians would "throw you to the lions" for blaspheming. In fact, just about any fanatic would wish you dead for disbelieving. That's what defines a fanatic and they run rampant in all walks of life and in all religions, races and creeds. I refuse to pinpoint one group as the one holding the championship title for killings. It is not productive or accurate to do so. Is it white cops? Is it skinheads? Is it Muslims? Is it those who believe in ethnic cleanising (how fascinating is that term?)? ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, <s3raphita@...> wrote : (A) You're in a Catholic country sitting in a cafe. There are some Christians nearby discussing their faith. You interrupt them to say: "I don't know why you waste your time with all that crap. The only thing The Bible is good for is emergency toilet paper". (B) You're in an Islamic country sitting in a cafe. There are some Muslims nearby discussing their faith. You interrupt them to say: "I don't know why you waste your time with all that crap. The only thing The Koran is good for is emergency toilet paper". Which of those two situations would you judge to be most likely to end with your being hacked to death? ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, <awoelflebater@...> wrote : ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, <mdixon.6569@...> wrote : The tenents of Christianity are the teachings of Christ. Show me some actual quotes, Bible verses, in context, where Christ advocates violence on the part of man, towards his fellow man. I read about half of your article and it all dealt with men of power, Popes, Kings, etc justifying their political actions in the *name* of Christ.There is a big difference in what Christ actually taught and what people actually did in His name. You and the article are referring to *justification* of violence but not the actual teaching Christ imparts. Can you see the difference? Mohamed, Koran and Haditha actually advocate violence and killing and refer to it as a necessary tenent of the faith. You can check out some of these. Someone has gone to some trouble to find these so go ahead and see if any qualify here as "proof" that Jesus could sometimes get a little testy. http://skepticsannotatedbible.com/cruelty/nt_list.html http://skepticsannotatedbible.com/cruelty/nt_list.html snip
