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blakpacman: Which "modern, civilized society" are you referring to? To this day, people the world over are killing each other over religious differences. In fact, people within the very same religion take part in sectarian violence. Islam is a prime example of that. About a decade or so...

Stu: Why? Because you say so? You are entitled to your opinion, but that does not change the fact that a true Christian is a person who believes Jesus is the Christ and who then proceeds to closely follow the examples set by him. Alte2Ego ________________ "That people may know that you...

Jem: It might not counter your earlier point that the Muslims were doing rot, but the Catholic "Christian" Crusaders themselves had unclean hands. They were as rotten as the Muslims they were trying to kill off. There is a word for that: HYPOCRISY. Alter2Ego ________________ "That people...

Stu: You are ignoring context. (Context refers to surrounding words, verses, and chapters.) At Matthew 10:34, Jesus Christ was not talking about a literal sword. He was using figurative speech. A sword, in the figurative sense, refers to division on the intellectual level. Below is the...

dbphoenix: Just so you know, neither the "major religious holidays" nor the cross are related to true Christianity. Christmas, Easter, and the cross that Christians insist on wearing around their necks are all taken from paganism aka religions not connected with the worship of Jehovah...

dbphoenix: I am curious as to how you drew the conclusion that the following groups and/or individuals were representatives of Jesus Christ, based upon their violent behavior: 1. The Fourth Crusaders 2. Adolf Hitler and his henchmen 3. The Ku Klux Klan 4. Eric Robert Rudolph (Christian...

Jem: Sorry to burst your bubble, but Catholic Christians in the 11th century were indeed fanatics. And paranoia had nothing to do with it. It was all about greed for wealth and power. The Catholic Church summarily seized the territory (and wealth) of those it persecuted. And then there was...

Jem: That was the excuse used by the Catholic Church to commit human rights violations, except Muslims were not their only targets. The Catholic Church also targeted Jews, non-Christians, and even other Christians who rejected false religious dogma that the Catholic Church was trying to force...

ALTER2EGO -to- EVERYONE: The routine of skeptics is to point at the consequences of human wickedness and blame the God of the Judeo-Christian Bible for "creating those types of people." They frequently accompany that comment with a similar one, namely, that God is "omniscient" aka "all knowing"...