You really can't compare the two right now, the US and Iraq. But find a country with a similar lack of resouces, education, etc. that happens to be Christian also and you'll probably find similar results. I figure, if the world goes Mad Max on us, Christians will be killing with just as much frequency as everyone else.
Sent from my iPhone On Feb 15, 2009, at 2:03 AM, Michael Dinowitz <[email protected] > wrote: > > Show me. Show me the police reports today, last week or even since > Jan 1 to > back up those statements. I'm not disagreeing that these these > things have > happened in the past but when was the last time they happened and > when did > they happen regularly. > When I read what you just wrote, I see generalizations to mitigate > the issue > at hand and say "hey, we're all evil, every one". The conversation > started > with a specific that is mirrored all too often. Show me the specific > of > Christians killing gays on a regular basis. Or even abortion doctors > being > killed on a regular basis. > > On that note there were 7 people killed in relation to abortion > clinics, 3 > of whom were doctors and the last was in 1998. In America we had a > single > abortion related property crime in 2009, none in 2008 and 1 in 2007. > How > many people beheaded between 2007 and now? > > I never argued that there was not any violence by Christians in the > US but > you really have to dig to show me Christian themed violence in the > US in > recent times. > > On Sun, Feb 15, 2009 at 2:25 AM, Judah McAuley > <[email protected]> wrote: > >> >> Lots of people are beaten or killed for being gay by their christian >> neighbors and friends and family. Doctors who performed abortions >> have >> been killed for their "sins". Plenty of people in this country were >> killed for the biblical crime of miscegenation. >> >> What about all the parents that have taken out their spouses and >> children because the world is too sinful and they just couldn't take >> it anymore? I just don't see how you can argue that there isn't >> substantial christian religious view point sourced violence in the >> United States. >> >> Judah >> > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;207172674;29440083;f Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:288552 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
