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CincyDem

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8. "Nobody expects the Spanish Inquisition" -

Tue Feb 17, 2015, 06:19 PM

Feb 2015

But this is where it starts. I had the "opportunity" to live in rural northern Texas for a couple years and beating religion into people was a time honored tradition. Having someone land in the hospital because some gang of guys in a pick-up truck tried to beat the devil out to let the lord in - it wasn't weekly but it was more than one a month.

I'm sure Ms. Haragan is pleased with the conversion she achieved and knows in her heart that her god will reward her in the afterlife for actions taken on his behalf - even if they are considered wrong by unbelievers. Sound familiar ????

Apologies to DU friends in TX - I'm sure it's not just a Texas thing, it's just where I had the experience with it.

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Woman attacked a Jewish woman and stomped on her neck in an attempt to convert her to christianity [View all] lame54 Feb 2015 OP

Christians should really read their Bibles, the book of Matthew is a good dilby Feb 2015 #1

Um, this is indicative of a deranged individual, not a Christian conversion technique. whathehell Feb 2015 #10

She is not the first to try to convert through force. dilby Feb 2015 #11

No shit Sherlock, but few Christians did so, at least after the year 1685 or so.. whathehell Feb 2015 #14

"Force" is a matter of degree and perspective Orrex Feb 2015 #28

Tell that to the Lords Resistance Army quakerboy Feb 2015 #107

She sounds like the Mother on Carrie. yeoman6987 Feb 2015 #78

Yep whathehell Feb 2015 #79

The bible is just a symbol to these type of so-called christians workinclasszero Feb 2015 #17

Good point, they are idolators Warpy Feb 2015 #102

He did whip the money changers... MellowDem Feb 2015 #55

"It's an immoral belief system." Nuclear Unicorn Feb 2015 #90

Me... MellowDem Feb 2015 #91

"Me..." Nuclear Unicorn Feb 2015 #92

I am who I am... MellowDem Feb 2015 #94

"flummoxed"? whathehell Feb 2015 #98

A non-flummoxee should be able to refute the statement with something more than... immoderate Feb 2015 #103

I believe that whathehell Feb 2015 #104

Giving an opinion... MellowDem Feb 2015 #114

I don't know who "he" is, whathehell Feb 2015 #110

They're the same guy... MellowDem Feb 2015 #113

Ya think? whathehell Feb 2015 #115

It's not mine... MellowDem Feb 2015 #116

That's nice, whathehell Feb 2015 #117

I think you're offended... MellowDem Feb 2015 #118

Jesus wept. City Lights Feb 2015 #2

If Jesus wept, one can only imagine whathehell Feb 2015 #82

they aren't doing anything they are all fictional characters snooper2 Feb 2015 #89

You don't say! whathehell Feb 2015 #95

???? nt Stuart G Feb 2015 #3

just...wow Tsiyu Feb 2015 #4

I'm sure the woman has an exemplary record SheilaT Feb 2015 #5

??? hifiguy Feb 2015 #6

Crazy as a bedbug. cwydro Feb 2015 #7

"Nobody expects the Spanish Inquisition" - CincyDem Feb 2015 #8

Wow. Rex Feb 2015 #9

Does the assailant qualify as "anti-Semitic" around here? PCIntern Feb 2015 #12

I'd have to say yes: However, Half-Century Man Feb 2015 #13

She's nuts. whathehell Feb 2015 #15

Ok... PCIntern Feb 2015 #18

Right.. whathehell Feb 2015 #19

�which amplifies the validity of my assumption. nt PCIntern Feb 2015 #21

There is ALWAYS an excuse for anti-Semitism. Behind the Aegis Feb 2015 #22

Yup. In this case, DU's armchair psychiatrists have diagnosed her as psychotic. closeupready Feb 2015 #53

It was predictable leftynyc Feb 2015 #24

In your mind, I'm guessing anything would. whathehell Feb 2015 #27

So let me get this straight... PCIntern Feb 2015 #62

Obviously, it depends on the "someone".. whathehell Feb 2015 #63

Obviously it pays to rationalize PCIntern Feb 2015 #66

Actually, it pays more to be rational.. whathehell Feb 2015 #69

Uh-huh... PCIntern Feb 2015 #75

Sure whathehell Feb 2015 #80

Your infantile sarcasm is duly noted... PCIntern Feb 2015 #86

As is your complete lack of humor or wit. whathehell Feb 2015 #97

Oooh... PCIntern Feb 2015 #100

LOL whathehell Feb 2015 #105

Gotta have the last post? PCIntern Feb 2015 #109

I think anyone who attacks anyone based upon what they think their invisible sky-friend wants Warren DeMontague Feb 2015 #67

No more so than the pope is homophobic Major Nikon Feb 2015 #40

Who knows? treestar Feb 2015 #48

This wasn't some random crime leftynyc Feb 2015 #74

The most recent year for which the FBI has hate crimes data is 2013, these are crimes motivated by Bluenorthwest Feb 2015 #88

Oh good. I feel.much better about ISIL cutting off the heads of 21 Coptic Christians now. whathehell Feb 2015 #16

Don't you know leftynyc Feb 2015 #25

LOL.. whathehell Feb 2015 #26

This is really a debate? I thought DU was for grownups el_bryanto Feb 2015 #32

Spare me leftynyc Feb 2015 #33

So basically until Christians start committing ISIS like atrocities el_bryanto Feb 2015 #34

Tell me leftynyc Feb 2015 #35

I don't know that anybody is arguing that we should give Islam a pass el_bryanto Feb 2015 #36

Then perhaps you miss leftynyc Feb 2015 #37

So turnabout is fair play el_bryanto Feb 2015 #38

Sigh leftynyc Feb 2015 #42

I love the whole B2G Feb 2015 #47

I know.. whathehell Feb 2015 #83

THANK YOU whathehell Feb 2015 #64

God told George Bush to carpet-bomb Iraq... lame54 Feb 2015 #50

And? leftynyc Feb 2015 #51

you are claiming there are no... lame54 Feb 2015 #52

I never said anything leftynyc Feb 2015 #54

i must be seeing things then lame54 Feb 2015 #56

No - you just leftynyc Feb 2015 #58

i'm in no corner... lame54 Feb 2015 #60

Feel free to link to where leftynyc Feb 2015 #61

I posted an article yesterday about a man Nuclear Unicorn Feb 2015 #39

I'd have to hear a little more leftynyc Feb 2015 #41

Detroit, apparently -- Nuclear Unicorn Feb 2015 #43

No kidding leftynyc Feb 2015 #45

Well, did it work? NightWatcher Feb 2015 #20

This message was self-deleted by its author Exhibit A Feb 2015 #23

If this isn't anti-semitism, then nothing is Depaysement Feb 2015 #29

Oh, those radical Christians never give up. nt kelliekat44 Feb 2015 #30

Was the defendant from Rockingham, NC, per chance? Jamastiene Feb 2015 #31

The defendant was from Boise, Idaho jmowreader Feb 2015 #68

And once again the religious double standard appears whatthehey Feb 2015 #44

On DU leftynyc Feb 2015 #46

Lunacy is lunacy treestar Feb 2015 #49

I'm particularly enamored of how....... WillowTree Feb 2015 #57

Particularly enamored? chervilant Feb 2015 #77

Yes, "particularly enamored"..Do you have a problem with that? whathehell Feb 2015 #111

I'd be the last to defend Christianity, but this is the act of a lone lunatic. Albertoo Feb 2015 #59

WTH is right! Cha Feb 2015 #65

Thank you, Cha whathehell Feb 2015 #71

No, I meant "whathehell".. I actually saw your Cha Feb 2015 #72

No, I AM.Whathell! whathehell Feb 2015 #73

Found her photo: Judi Lynn Feb 2015 #70

But Christians are the ones being persecuted in the US. Ilsa Feb 2015 #76

Um, if you believe Fox News, but I'm guessing neither you nor anyone else here does.. whathehell Feb 2015 #81

I forgot to put the sarcasm Ilsa Feb 2015 #84

Who thinks her actions.were "okay"?!? whathehell Feb 2015 #85

I never used the word "trend", you did. Ilsa Feb 2015 #87

No, but you did use the word "okay" to describe what you imagine whathehell Feb 2015 #96

I live in a red state where people don't even try to hide Ilsa Feb 2015 #99

Awful...My condolences, whathehell Feb 2015 #106

We'd like to. Ilsa Feb 2015 #108

I hope you can.. whathehell Feb 2015 #112

Just like Jesus would have done. Arkana Feb 2015 #93

Haragan belongs in a cage until she accepts psychotherapy Warpy Feb 2015 #101