Posting Towards Gomorrah

[taxwonk]

Originally posted by Penske_Account
Is history from 500 plus years ago really relevant to create a moral equivalancy? Sure, people got killed 500 years ago in the name of christianity, and then the church lost power/changed its ways. We are living in today. If the crusades or inquisition were going on today, that would be problematic. they are not, they ancient history. You can say radical islam is a tiny minority of the religion, but thousands of people are dying from it and in its name on an annual basis and there is global unrest and wars worldwide based on it. It seems to be a little mroe of ciurrent day problem than the inquisitioons or the crusades.

As for Pat Robertson and Jerry Falwell, again, compare and contrast deaths that they or thbeir preaching have directly or indirectly caused versus those deaths that have occured in the name of Allah as carried out by Al Aqeada in the last 6 years.

You're using body count as a proxy for moral equivalency? Our murders are okay beccause they were a long time ago?

The deaths caused by Al-qaeda in the last six years probably don't even equal the number of deaths in Belfast alone in the last century. Or is 100 years too far back?

Murder is murder. Hate is hate. And you're preaching both.

And if you're just fucking with people, you're sick.