Didn't the thugs call themselves Jesus' people who killed the abortion doctor? was he not a martyr? JM
On Wed, Jun 25, 2014 at 7:34 AM, spudboy100 via Everything List < [email protected]> wrote: > Brent, Jesus people don't become murdering martyr's anymore, so let's > focus where the problem is. Look at Nigeria, Sudan, Syria,a and Iraq, and > draw together the facts. If it was Buddhists setting off bombs in subways' > one could concede your point. Also, I am not a Jesus person, and don't hate > em. If ya want to beat up JC why not this quote, "I come not to bring peace > but with a sword." And the Christians surely did, right into the 20th > century, but no longer. > > This is naive. Bandits do lucrative criminal acts to get money which can > purchase goods, luxury, women, power. So why do suppose that no one uses > religion to get goods, luxury, women, power,..? You just want to excuse > religion and blame it all on some "criminal acts". What is a crime is > often defined by religion and it often includes questioning the priesthood > and the official dogma. So the problem is not just "radical Islam"; it > is any Islam, and any religion, which has a dogma and requires belief in > that dogma to avoid sanctions and punishment in this life or a putative > afterlife...that is to say 90% of all religions. > > Brent > "But those mine enemies, which would not that I should reign over them, > bring hither, and slay them before me." > --- Jesus, Luke 19:27 > > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: meekerdb <[email protected]> > To: everything-list <[email protected]> > Sent: Tue, Jun 24, 2014 9:57 pm > Subject: Re: Pluto bounces back! > > On 6/23/2014 7:47 AM, Bruno Marchal wrote: > > There is a problem with radical islamism, but the real problem is in the > exploitation of that problem by bandits to hide their lucrative criminal > activities. > > > This is naive. Bandits do lucrative criminal acts to get money which can > purchase goods, luxury, women, power. So why do suppose that no one uses > religion to get goods, luxury, women, power,..? You just want to excuse > religion and blame it all on some "criminal acts". What is a crime is > often defined by religion and it often includes questioning the priesthood > and the official dogma. So the problem is not just "radical Islam"; it > is any Islam, and any religion, which has a dogma and requires belief in > that dogma to avoid sanctions and punishment in this life or a putative > afterlife...that is to say 90% of all religions. > > Brent > "But those mine enemies, which would not that I should reign over them, > bring hither, and slay them before me." > --- Jesus, Luke 19:27 > -- > 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. > > -- > 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. > -- 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.
