What is it that terrorists have in common?

Posted by AmericanGreatness 9 years, 9 months ago to Ask the Gulch
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Hint: it's not that they're all named Bob.

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  • Posted by plusaf 9 years, 9 months ago in reply to this comment.
    Outside of the traditional answer of "ask six million dead Jews from last century..." no, few today, but that's a question-beggar, too!
    Again.
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  • Posted by plusaf 9 years, 9 months ago in reply to this comment.
    But the assertion that they hate our culture, freedom, etc., does not address the question of WHY do they hate us for that.

    When will Islam join the 21st Century? How old is Christianity versus how old is Islam?? It may take another couple hundred years and some bloody wars before 'they' grow up.

    And a 25% number might depend on who's asked and where they live?
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  • Posted by AmericanGreatness 9 years, 9 months ago in reply to this comment.
    Well, let's see, Stalin killed over 20 million of his own people, then their was Mao, then there was Hitler, then there was Kim Jong Il/Un... it's a rather long list.
    The short list is Judeo-Christian countries that attack innocents with the mandate convert or die.
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  • Posted by AmericanGreatness 9 years, 9 months ago in reply to this comment.
    In the last hundred years, what Christian army set out to slaughter non-Christians? Or any peace-loving group for that matter.
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  • Posted by AmericanGreatness 9 years, 9 months ago in reply to this comment.
    Please point them out in the New Testament. The teachings of Jesus are completely antithetical to violence, whereas Muhammad was a warrior.
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  • Posted by AmericanGreatness 9 years, 9 months ago in reply to this comment.
    The problem is, it's not just a few Muslims. 15-25%, depending on the poll, support the actions violent jihadists.
    Yes, their may be the lunatic claiming to be a Christian, but that truly is an anomaly. When 150-250 million support violent killing of non-Muslims, that's a BIG problem.
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  • Posted by plusaf 9 years, 9 months ago in reply to this comment.
    So, list the number of wars attacking 'believers' that have been started in "MODERN TIMES" by atheists...?
    LOL.
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  • Posted by plusaf 9 years, 9 months ago in reply to this comment.
    And you seem to imply that "Modern" excludes anything and everything that happened in the past hundred or so years, right?

    Name the date range you consider "modern," ok?
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  • Posted by plusaf 9 years, 9 months ago in reply to this comment.
    It looks like you're narrowing the 'acceptable sources of reference' to exclude anything that might disprove your point.

    Many biblical passages, Old or New Testament belie your assertion, as do passages in the Quran.
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  • Posted by plusaf 9 years, 9 months ago in reply to this comment.
    Ah, I have seen too much evidence that nearly all Big Religious Groups have some kind of 'distribution' comprising 'gentle, mainstream and fanatics' other than MAYBE Sikhs... While Buddhists don't tend to attack others, the ones I call 'extremists' tend to torch themselves.. at least they don't try to damage innocents or bystanders.

    Christians? Jews? Yep... some extremists in just about any mainstream group. Muslims? It seems that out of a billion or so of them on earth, a small percentage of them are the fucking loons that like death more than life, but even a small percentage of a billion people can be a major threat to the rest of us.
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  • Posted by AmericanGreatness 9 years, 9 months ago in reply to this comment.
    We know what inspires them. They (Islamists) hate the west because of our culture, our freedom, our non-conformity to their beliefs.
    And, my question is absolutely relevant. The rebuttal of Crusades is absurd. Christianity had its reformation hundreds of years ago. When will Islam join the 21st century?
    The question is, why do up to 25% of Muslims support violent jihad?
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  • Posted by plusaf 9 years, 9 months ago in reply to this comment.
    Radical, fundamentalist Islam.

    And the PC patrols who look at the "what's not clear" question and can't see the forest OR the trees of intolerance and violence.
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  • Posted by AmericanGreatness 9 years, 9 months ago in reply to this comment.
    Before making an accusation like this about Christians, you really should have done some historical research.
    Christians ran Nazi death camps??? Had you actually studied Hitler/Nazi's you would know, that Hitler outlawed Christianity and had a preternatural hatred for it. Your assertion is as wrong as wrong can be.
    I defy you to find a call to arms/advocacy for war anywhere by Jesus.
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  • Posted by plusaf 9 years, 9 months ago in reply to this comment.
    Exactly why, some years ago, I stopped using the terms Christian or Muslim or whatever and began to refer to Fundamentalist Islamists and their counterparts in other religions.
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  • Posted by plusaf 9 years, 9 months ago in reply to this comment.
    AG, there are reports that say that Islamists are waging their war against the West in part because of the way "not-modern Christians" treated THEM hundreds of years ago, so to ask for examples of "modern Christian armies slaughtering innocents" is a lousy argument.

    Many say that Christianity 'matured' in the past hundreds of years, while Islam hasn't. Your comparison request is irrelevant at best.

    A better question might be to inquire as to what inspires CURRENT Imams and their followers to join the War Against The West and what might be able to be done to reverse the trend.
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  • Posted by SaltyDog 9 years, 9 months ago in reply to this comment.
    I have read the Qur'an, but I certainly don't profess to be an expert on it. However, the evidence of my own eyes tell me that Islam is not, nor ever has been a religion of peace despite claims to the contrary. That being said, I am quite a bit more familiar with Christianity and can say with certainty that the New Testament is diametrically opposed to the aims and tenets of the Klan, neo nazis, skinheads, etc. If you can find a passage in the New Testament that supports the aforementioned organizations I'd certainly like to see it.
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  • Posted by $ MichaelAarethun 9 years, 9 months ago in reply to this comment.
    I'm thinking either one or both are precursor to internal passports.My passport card has the little chippy do thing which no doubt could tell you my shoe and underwear size at age 9. I suspect a later version will also serve as a multi purpose debit/credit card and voters or draft registration verification - perhaps a green or red flag for IRS purposes.
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