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2016 Postmortem

Her Sister

(6,444 posts) Thu Jul 21, 2016, 09:17 AM Jul 2016

What is the Christian equivalent of sharia law jihad? Crusades plus witch-hunt?

Is this what the Republican fundamentalists want for our country: A Christian Saudi Arabia plus the call to burn the witch?

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What is the Christian equivalent of sharia law jihad? Crusades plus witch-hunt? (Original Post) Her Sister Jul 2016 OP

The Spanish Inquisition no_hypocrisy Jul 2016 #1

I forgot all about that one. Thanks for posting it! tonyt53 Jul 2016 #2

Jim Crow seems a rather accurate parallel. LanternWaste Jul 2016 #3

taken to the extreme we get to Hitler's Solution Her Sister Jul 2016 #4

no_hypocrisy

(46,100 posts)

1. The Spanish Inquisition

Reply to Her Sister (Original post)

Thu Jul 21, 2016, 09:21 AM

Jul 2016

tonyt53

(5,737 posts)

2. I forgot all about that one. Thanks for posting it!

Reply to no_hypocrisy (Reply #1)

Thu Jul 21, 2016, 09:26 AM

Jul 2016

LanternWaste

(37,748 posts)

3. Jim Crow seems a rather accurate parallel.

Reply to Her Sister (Original post)

Thu Jul 21, 2016, 09:29 AM

Jul 2016

Jim Crow seems a rather accurate parallel. Religion used as a justification to legally oppress and socially deny the "others" from full and actual equality.

Her Sister

(6,444 posts)

4. taken to the extreme we get to Hitler's Solution

Reply to LanternWaste (Reply #3)

Thu Jul 21, 2016, 09:30 AM

Jul 2016

it's all bad!

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