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"The Nation that makes a great distinction between its scholars and its warriors will have its thinking done by cowards and its fighting done by fools."
- Thucydides
"Democracy is two wolves and a lamb voting on what to have for lunch. Liberty is a well-armed lamb contesting the vote" B. Franklin
Igitur qui desiderat pacem, praeparet bellum
Sure, but does the President normally then give the Traitor a welcome home party in the White House?
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"The Nation that makes a great distinction between its scholars and its warriors will have its thinking done by cowards and its fighting done by fools."
- Thucydides
"Democracy is two wolves and a lamb voting on what to have for lunch. Liberty is a well-armed lamb contesting the vote" B. Franklin
Igitur qui desiderat pacem, praeparet bellum
I put my faith wherever I choose....so I put it in Nature , which is , in my opinion , the source of all things in our world . I don't accept that Ive become an athiest , because I still have a mountain of faith. You don't get to choose where my faith goes , ever , and you never will .........how you arrive at the silly assumption that I must be "communist" , is a problem that only you can solve.....and have little interest in how you do that , or if you ever do.
The problem with Christians and Muslims is that despite their long history of confrontations, they are very much alike!
- both tend to be "fanatical"
- both assume a "monopoly" on the "truth"
- both have a history of intolerance toward other religions/beliefs
- both perceive the world in "absolute" terms - issues are either "black" or "white," allowing little room for compromise
- both have a history of aggressively "expanding" their spheres of influence through force
- both tend to rely on "military" solutions
- both engage in "inter-religious"wars and "intra-religious" wars (Protestant vs Catholic, Sunni vs Shiite)
- both use religion to justify violence, "self-serving" interpretations and "cherry-picking" portions of the Bible/Koran that serve their immediate purpose(s), while conveniently ignoring others
- both operate on the premise that "the ends justify the means," despite their sanctimonious rhetoric
- both religious have shifted their focus from the "spirit of the law" to the "letter of the law"
- both religions have lost touch with their original "peaceful" roots - the "Greatest Commandment" that after love of God/Allah, comes love of "neighbor" (irrespective of their religion)
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Leviticus 20:9 - "If anyone curses his father or mother, he must be put to death. He has cursed his father or his mother, and his blood will be on his own head.
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"The Nation that makes a great distinction between its scholars and its warriors will have its thinking done by cowards and its fighting done by fools."
- Thucydides
"Democracy is two wolves and a lamb voting on what to have for lunch. Liberty is a well-armed lamb contesting the vote" B. Franklin
Igitur qui desiderat pacem, praeparet bellum
Islam did not start out with *peaceful roots."
As soon as Mohammed had control over his people, he went to war with the entire Mideast.
Tell where Christians have beheaded alleged enemies?
Do tell us when Christians started throwing gays off 10 story buildings
Tell us the last time Christians sent 10 year old into market places with bombs strapped to their bodies. And what the hell are ten year olds going to do with 72 virgins?
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"The Nation that makes a great distinction between its scholars and its warriors will have its thinking done by cowards and its fighting done by fools."
- Thucydides
"Democracy is two wolves and a lamb voting on what to have for lunch. Liberty is a well-armed lamb contesting the vote" B. Franklin
Igitur qui desiderat pacem, praeparet bellum
HOW SOON WE FORGET
1) Contrary to popular opinion, many of the most prominent Founding Fathers were either "Deists" or "Agnostics" - neither had much good to say about Christianity!
2) When it comes to fanaticism and mass murder, Christians don't take a "back-seat" to anyone - the prime reason that the Founding Fathers opted to separate church and state, with no religious affiliations, was their determination not to repeat the centuries of ceaseless Catholic/Protestant conflict that beset Europe!
3) With the exception of Turkey in WW1, Japan and Russia in WW2, the major participants in both "World Wars" were from what would be considered "Christian" nations - most of the Muslim Near and Middle East, along with North Africa, had been relegated to European colonies!
4) Given the past and recent history of "Christian" Europe, the Muslims are "amateurs" when it comes to mass murder, genocide and torture (Spanish Inquisition)!
5) Both Hitler and Stalin, responsible for the deaths of millions, received their formal education in a Catholic (Benedictine) and Russian Orthodox seminaries respectively - they sang in church choirs and Hitler, at one time, had considered becoming a priest!
6) Although Russia under communism embraced "atheism," many of the prominent Nazis that surrounded Hitler, also came from strict, religious, respectable families!
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Leviticus 20:9 - "If anyone curses his father or mother, he must be put to death. He has cursed his father or his mother, and his blood will be on his own head.