well jesus calls the word of God a "Sword", so seems only natural to assume he didn't mean an actual sword. he chastised peter for cutting off the ear of the centurion. he called for people to turn the other cheek in a violent confrontation, and so on. unless he had a split personality, i'm going to have to go with his other words. sorry.

To all you guys:

An old friend of mine use to say that "discussing religion with an atheist is like discussing modern art with your accountant."

I have found that to be true!

Originally posted by Maya432
I also believe that christianity is the most dangerous
thing in our world.
the christian movement have killed more people
than any other religion through out history.

So you feel that right now today Christianity is the most dangerous even compared to the Muslims and Zionists? Which religions persecute women and deny them basic freedoms? Which ones create dangerous living conditions for everyone in the countries they are the majority of? Which ones see suicide as a tool to kill indiscriminately? etc...

Now which of all the religions today give 10 of billions in aid to the world?

Also the greatest atrocities in our history have been non-religious events that have dwarfed any religious based atrocities. Also when one looks at religious based atrocities the religion part was more of a motivation tool for non-religious goals.

I feel like this discussion is heading off to the deep end that most discussions of this type usually end up.

Has anyone read the comments on the original article? Much more interesting than the comments in this thread. And a whole lot more informative, at that.

You can do better, ATS. Where is the conspiracy?

Yes, there are serious problems at the top.
Yes, I think it's a conspiracy against all organized or even loosely organized religions, but especially the Abrahamic faiths. Some are so rampantly anti-god/anti-gods that they toss out all the babies with the bath water. Their idea of a utopia is a world where everyone has the same exact ideals as they do and all opposition is dead. They foolishly believe this will end suffering, poverty, greed, murder, rape and so on. That's because they've been lead to believe it's those guys over there that are at fault.

Actually one thing I found interesting was that the fraudulent "ex-terrorists" doing the propagandizing in the article had recently spoken at the Air Force Academy - there have been numerous reports that the Christian radical right basically has a lock on the Air Force Academy, and that in the USAF you either go along with their agenda, keep your mouth shut, or kiss your career goodbye.

Good to know our nuclear deterrent is in the hands of fanatics, eh?

There is no doubt that there is a growing obsession with Islam on the Christian Right, and a belief that Islam is inherently evil. Moreover, despite denials, the call for genocide is implicit and obvious.

The scary thing is, unlike the Islamic far right, the Christian far right actually has the tools at their disposal to commit mass murder on a truly "biblical" scale.

I'm a christian. I'm not obsessed with destroying islam. I know lots of other christians who feel the same way. This article sounds like it's been planted for the sole purpose of trying to get christians and muslims to bump each other off, and then say, "See, I told ya they were the problem."

I wasn't born yesterday. Some things are very transparent. They are telling you exactly what you want to hear. Sorta like that big map of the US with the words JESUSLAND printed across it and the follow up about how people in red states were statistically dumber than people in blue states.

That was such priceless Hitlerian tactics, I don't know whether to laugh or cry.