On Oct 25, 2010, at 2:35 PM, John Sessoms wrote: > From: paul stenquist >> On Oct 24, 2010, at 8:13 PM, John Sessoms wrote: >> >>>> From: DagT >>>>>> As an agnostic he forgot me, but I think he hates me too .-) >>>>>> >>>>>> That kind of madmen are always there. At least they don?t >>>>>> have any law on their side anymore. I?m just hope people are >>>>>> not hating religious people in general because of people like >>>>>> him. >>>>>> >>>> >>>> I don't hate people of religion. I just hold them responsible for >>>> not curbing the extremist excesses of their coreligionists. >>>> >>>> If all muslims are responsible for al qaeda, then all christians >>>> are responsible for Timothy McVeigh, Eric Rudolph, James Kopp, >>>> Scott Roeder, Paul Jennings Hill ... and every pederast priest >>>> that ever molested an alter boy. >> That's a stretch. al qaeda acts in the name of allah and their >> version of muslim law. McVeigh, for example, had no close connection >> to christianity and was just a U.S. government hater. Your analogy is >> faulty. Paul > > While religion may not have been McVeigh's primary motivation, it WAS part of > his rationale. He chose the date specifically to coincide with the > anniversary of the Branch Davidian's Waco siege. > > But leave McVeigh out of it ... > > You still miss the point. > > It is JUST AS REASONABLE to hold all christians responsible for the > depredations of their corelitionists as it is to hold all Muslims responsible > for 9/11. > > If all muslims are evil, so are all christians ... and so is any other > religion that claims to be the only one true way. > No need to shout. Of course all muslims aren't responsible for 9/11. I merely made the distinction that the terrorism act of 9/11 was done in the name of Islam, while most of the other examples you cite were not done specifically to advance any particular religious doctrine.
But this is the kind of discussion that can result in further rancor and nastiness, so I'm out. Paul > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
