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originally posted by: ChesterJohn
The Crusades were waged by ROMAN CATHOLICS and none of the other Christian sects. Yet ALL Christians suffer for what the RC did.
originally posted by: Krazysh0t
originally posted by: grandmakdw
originally posted by: BuzzyWigs
a reply to: grandmakdw
it appears that atheists and the US government actually think Christianity is a threat to themselves and want to do away with it.
The irony is they appear to think Islam is not a threat with what appears to be support of Islam, while ISIS or ISIL is currently calling for the death of all non Islamics.
I don't know about atheists or the government, as I am neither - but I think ALL of the Abrahamic religions pose a threat to humanity at large.
(I'm an Agnostic Deist.)
So sad, because you are looking at only the extremists in each group, not the good all of these groups have done through the ages.
What about atheists, aren't they a threat to humanity? Stalin, Mao who systematically murdered all believers in their countries. Hitler was definitely not a theist, he murdered thousands of Jews, and Christians. I can account for million upon millions killed by atheists.
Hitler was an admitted Christian. Regardless of who he killed, he certainly believed in Christianity. The whole idea of a Third Reich is steeped in Catholic dogma. Not to mention his obsession with the occult.
originally posted by: Krazysh0t
a reply to: ChesterJohn
Um... A cab company is a private company and manages the religious activities of its employees however it wants. That is, without the government's influence.
Your examples of christian persecution are hyperbole. First off a teacher in a public school is under government domain so that is certainly something that can be cracked down on because it isn't right or legal. You are going to have to produce evidence of Christian sports teams and prayer groups being cracked down on. It just looks like a bunch of anecdotal evidence to me.
In fact, please start sourcing your claims. You seem to be making many accusations of persecution against Christianity but haven't produced ANY sources or links to back those claims up. The one story I was familiar with, showed that you were HIGHLY exaggerating what was going on. So source your claims!
Cab companies don't own the streets they blocked my taxes paid for that.
originally posted by: BuzzyWigs
a reply to: ChesterJohn
just goolge for the sources you have fingers don't you?
Just present the sources! You have them at hand don't you?
It's your OP. Back it up. And make sure your sources are not Fox or TheBlaze...because those don't count. Sorry.
originally posted by: BuzzyWigs
a reply to: ChesterJohn
Cab companies don't own the streets they blocked my taxes paid for that.
And the pushy Christians who don't own the government (yet) that they want to impose "opening prayers" on, are wasting the time of others who are uninterested in prayer. Your taxes are paying for that.
originally posted by: ChesterJohn
originally posted by: Krazysh0t
a reply to: ChesterJohn
Um... A cab company is a private company and manages the religious activities of its employees however it wants. That is, without the government's influence.
Your examples of christian persecution are hyperbole. First off a teacher in a public school is under government domain so that is certainly something that can be cracked down on because it isn't right or legal. You are going to have to produce evidence of Christian sports teams and prayer groups being cracked down on. It just looks like a bunch of anecdotal evidence to me.
In fact, please start sourcing your claims. You seem to be making many accusations of persecution against Christianity but haven't produced ANY sources or links to back those claims up. The one story I was familiar with, showed that you were HIGHLY exaggerating what was going on. So source your claims!
Cab companies don't own the streets they blocked my taxes paid for that.
get a life you just hate Christians just admit it and move on.
I have another thread from last year that has most of those links however I don't need to back up what is true. Just because you haven't read the stories doesn't mean their not true.
Try reading a little more foxnews and be a little more balanced.
There is no reason to believe that atheists will be less judgmental or hurtful if/when they are the majority.
A 2012 study by the Pew Forum on Religion & Public Life reports that just 6% of the US population are atheists even though the number of religiously unaffiliated has grown from 15% to just under 20%.
originally posted by: Krazysh0t
originally posted by: ChesterJohn
The Crusades were waged by ROMAN CATHOLICS and none of the other Christian sects. Yet ALL Christians suffer for what the RC did.
The only other Christian sect back then was Greek Orthodox. The protestant reformation didn't happen yet, so if you were in Europe and a Christian, you were Catholic.
You appear to have a warped view of reality. You've been caught distorting facts and misrepresenting the truth to make it seem like your OP is true. Then ignore people who point this out.
(a high school in San Diego CA for those who want to look)
originally posted by: Annee
Public high school, meaning it is government.
Separation of church and state.
Take your god home.
originally posted by: ChesterJohn
originally posted by: Krazysh0t
originally posted by: ChesterJohn
The Crusades were waged by ROMAN CATHOLICS and none of the other Christian sects. Yet ALL Christians suffer for what the RC did.
The only other Christian sect back then was Greek Orthodox. The protestant reformation didn't happen yet, so if you were in Europe and a Christian, you were Catholic.
You appear to have a warped view of reality. You've been caught distorting facts and misrepresenting the truth to make it seem like your OP is true. Then ignore people who point this out.
you better go do a little more study on world religions and Christianity. There were more than just two Christians groups and besides the crusades went from 1000-1400's The baptist were one of the largest of them before the reformation they date back to 1200 and are recorded in Roman Church documents. Also they killed off one of the earliest churches in Italy before the RC was started in 306AD.
So whose view of reality is warped?
Anabaptists (from Neo-Latin anabaptista,[1] from the Greek ἀναβαπτισμός: ἀνά- "over again" and βαπτισμός "baptism"[2]) are Christians of the Radical Reformation of 16th century Europe. Although some consider the Anabaptist movement to be an offshoot of Protestantism, others see it as a distinct movement.[3][page needed] [4][5] The Amish, Hutterites, and Mennonites are direct descendants of the movement. Brethren, Bruderhof, and the Apostolic Christian Church are later developments in Anabaptist groups.
originally posted by: BuzzyWigs
I DO read Foxnews, and also TheBlaze, and also Huffington post, and CNN, and NPR, and Consortium News, and Alternet.....
I get a balanced view of it.