countjulian

There's alot of hubbub over the Muhammed cartoons and Islam. While I think Islam is a terrible, violent religion and very much to blame for what's happening right now, we must remember that Christianity is capable of much the same things. So without further ado...

Man stabs his fiance for not converting...

http://www.christianaggression.org/i...&id=1139072906

Christians threaten Hindu with death threats...

http://www.christianaggression.org/i...&id=1138768720

ATLien

I love the disclaimer regarding Islam. You are a red-blooded American. Go'Bless U.

Kat_Somm_Faen

Post after a Christian mob attacks an embassy.

Nobody is diputing a capacity of all people to commit violence. What is happening ith the Islamic world is completely different when you look at the quantity and quality of the types of violence and prevailing moods in their communities.

countjulian

If you are talking about the Christian god, no please don't bless me. I wonder, do you believe that Islam is the "religion of peace?"

No doubt you are correct, right now. But Christianity is dangerous like Islam for the same reason: it divides the world into 2 camps, and demonizes the "infidels." We're seeing a rise in Christian religiousity, so be prepared to see more of this type of stuff.

Booyakasha!

What is the point of this thread?

Christianity sucks, but when it comes to religion-inspired violence, Islam is in a league all its own these days. It's silly and pointless to make these "Christianity is violent too!..." threads. We already know that ultra-fringe Christians bomb abortion clinics from time to time, etc, and we denounce Christianity in general because it teaches people to suspend critical thinking and to follow "higher authority" blindly, but there is no need for this constant "Christianity is bad too!" If Muslims act like maniacs, we should be able to discuss their maniacal behavior on its own, without this "But Bobby did it too!" finger-pointing.

Loren Pechtel

I note how nobody reponded to my link to a picture of "Piss Christ".

That's far more offensive than anything in those cartoons. Where are the riots?

skepticalbip

Come on now.... Surely you can do better than this. Two examples of individual nuts that directed their anger at specific individual targets (not societies or nations). I know that there must be some cases of say maybe a Christian sect threatening some other group somewhere. Show me a case of mobs of thousands of self-proclaimed Christians burning embassies and threatening to kill everyone in an entire continent because they didn't feel that their beliefs were being respected and you may have a better case of "well they do it too".

TiffyToo

Maybe if christianity were under attack, things might be different. As it is, the RW controls this country and the world, to a large extent. And it just so happens the fundamentalist christians were the tipping point in getting this president elected. IOW, they are in a position of power and there is no need for the same type of aggression.

I think that if a league of christian nations were occupied and their way of life threatened, you may see some strange group behavior.

Nialler

The point is obvious, isn't it?

It's valid to point to other religions and ask what their record is when you conemn one.

When you come across more examples of extreme violence among xtian groups (for embassies read abortion clinics), then one begins to suspect that the problem is not with Islam per se, but with religion.

epepke

A few people haven't figured out that this kind of running-interference bullshit, though it has worked in the past, isn't going to work any more.