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Originally posted by Bunch
Thats the best way to put it. There is extremist on all religions. Period.
And if that is not enough, many atrocities commited here against blacks during the civil right era was perpetrated by white "christians". Go to church in the morning and hunt for african americans at night.
All religion has their extremist, is just that here of course you wont see the MSM telling us about whats going on here.
Originally posted by undo
hitler was NOT a christian.
he used christian ideals to get them on the bandwagon and then reverted the entire thing to worship of their german pagan heritage. he was really into all that valkyrie stuff, thor, odin and so forth. it wasn't just an interest for him, it was his prevailing faith which he coupled with evolutionary theory, and used as a springboard to rid the population of undesirables.
Originally posted by Bunch
reply to post by JSR
First I would not include Alternet as a MSM outlet. Not even ATS by that matter.
Originally posted by Griff
I can agree that the muslim extremism seems to be more. I'd just like to know if you are getting your views from propaganda news sources? I'm sure in places where there is only Al Jezeera, those people probably only hear about the fanatical christians too.
Originally posted by Bunch
Thats the best way to put it. There is extremist on all religions. Period.
Originally posted by Bunch
Although I do also think that Hitler was not a Christian. The excerpt that I quoted from his speech I used it merely as a reference that anyone can step to a podium pound their chest saying something that other people will believe and inspired them to commit the most heinous atrocities. And it looks if we go back throughout human history that religion is the cause of many of them.
That same chest pounding goes on today on many churches, mosques and synagogues.
Originally posted by Bunch
reply to post by undo
Although I do also think that Hitler was not a Christian. The excerpt that I quoted from his speech I used it merely as a reference that anyone can step to a podium pound their chest saying something that other people will believe and inspired them to commit the most heinous atrocities. And it looks if we go back throughout human history that religion is the cause of many of them.
That same chest pounding goes on today on many churches, mosques and synagogues.
Originally posted by blueorder
no it isn't and such head in the sand attitudes makes conflict MORE, not less likely
Originally posted by Griff
Comming to the conclusion that there is extremism in all religions causes more conflict?
How?
there is extremism in all religions causes more conflict?
Quite simply it isn't and one religion stands head and shoulders (on a giant) above the rest combined
Originally posted by undo
Quite simply it isn't and one religion stands head and shoulders (on a giant) above the rest combined
I don't think so. The singlemost violent belief system on the planet is the one of unbelief. Had any of the people claiming to be adherents of any one of several moral platforms, actually paid attention to the premise of those platforms, none of this would've happened. In short, it isn't any particular religion or belief system that causes the anguish but the human condition.
Originally posted by Freeborn
I think most of us are in agreement that extremism occurs in most, if not all, religions.
The difference is in how the extremism manifests itself.
Despite it's history, current Christian extremism tends to manifest itself in acts of excessive self flaggelation, extreme rhetoric and strict adherence to religious dogma and practices.
Muslim extremism seems to manifest itself also in extreme rhetoric and strict adherence to religious dogma and practices, but also in an all encompassing intolerance of other belief systems and a belief in the advancement of their extremist beliefs at all costs by any means.
Whilst Christian missionaries spread their faith through teaching and preaching , (allbeit with far too excessive zeal for my liking), Muslims extremists use Sharia Law and terrorism.