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Originally Posted by JonL
You can call that bashing, I call it reality. What's bashing? Things like the Crusades, the Holocaust, Jihadism, and the genocidal atrocities we have seen in our own generation in Bosnia and Africa. Those are what I call "bashing." Not some stupid, meaningless chatter on a silly internet forum.
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Let's see. Your argument/linkage/logic is that:
- religion leads to violence, therefore religion is bad.
- Christianity lead to the Crusades, the Crusades killed people, so Christianity is bad
- The bible depicts violent acts and wars. The bible is a religious document. Religion is bad.
- Islam lead to to Jihad. Jihad kills people. Therefore Islam is bad.
So, maybe we should get busy applying that same logic, if it works well for you. How 'bout this.
- JFK was assassinated by Lee Harvey Oswald. Oswald was an Atheist. Atheism in bad.
- The Soviet Union was an athestic state. The Soviets slaughtered millions of their own people. Atheism kills.
- Hitler was conflicted in his religious beliefs throughout most of his life, ultimately choosing, according to some, to place Germany ahead of any notion of a "god". Hitler was a Nazi. Those who are conflicted about their religion or reject "god" are Nazi's.
If we're gonna be consistent, then by God (oops) let's be consistent.