On 4 May 2014 17:15, <[email protected]> wrote: > > On Sunday, May 4, 2014 12:14:59 AM UTC+1, Liz R wrote: > >> On 4 May 2014 07:22, spudboy100 via Everything List < >> [email protected]> wrote: >> >>> I shan't defend the behaviors of the Abe religions over the centuries, >>> but you couldn't term the Hindu faith as pacifist either. In the 20th >>> century the political movement that had atheism at its core, was the >>> Marxist ideology, and how many tens of millions did it destroy, 70 mil, >>> 100? Not a bad catchup I'd say. The "pagan" faiths, previous to, and >>> coexistent with the Abe religions were not pacifist either and were hungry >>> for land, slaves, and murder, just like the Abe's, and even worse. Pagan >>> Rome employed crucifixion, remember? The ancient Chinese, were plenty, >>> murderous, as well. In the Americas and Africa, as far as archaeologists >>> and physical anthropologists, have determined, and were, what I term as >>> being 'genocide friendly.' None of the species were really nice guys for >>> much of the time.. >> >> >> Yep, the religions known as Stalinism and Nazism were just as destructive >> as the Crusades, etc. In fact anything ending in "Ism" seems to be a >> justification for murder or cruelty. (It looks like Capitalism is catching >> up with the others, and may soon surpass all of them if we aren't careful.) >> > > Excusing me, but the Crusades were a nick of time defensive response to a > massive ongoing Islamic aggression. >
Well, OK, I just picked that out of a hat, there have been so many religious wars after all. So just substitute "ongoing Islamic aggression" in the above, it doesn't change my point. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Everything List" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/everything-list. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
