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Zalatix

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14. You can't erase the bloody history of any group.

Reply to cynatnite (Reply #12)

Thu May 3, 2012, 10:12 PM

May 2012

China and the USSR persecuted countless people for believing in a God, they are clearly examples of what you say never happened.

I don't see why you feel the need to deny what history has shown.

Intolerance and inquisition behavior can strike in any form.

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If we condemn Christianity based on the Christian Right [View all] Zalatix May 2012 OP

As one who read "The Fountainhead" while still being a Christian..... A HERETIC I AM May 2012 #1

Christianity needs to speak up or be marked. mmonk May 2012 #2

Reverend Jesse Jackson? Al Sharpton? They're speaking up. Zalatix May 2012 #9

Yes, they are. mmonk May 2012 #15

I say just Tax them all. FarPoint May 2012 #3

Atheism and Ayn Rand aren't exactly considered hand in hand by society... cynatnite May 2012 #4

What about China and the USSR? Zalatix May 2012 #8

You can't erase the bloody history of Christianity... cynatnite May 2012 #12

+1000 Wind Dancer May 2012 #13

You can't erase the bloody history of any group. Zalatix May 2012 #14

If most so-called christians were actually Christ-like... MrScorpio May 2012 #5

I am so tired of persecuted Xians mitchtv May 2012 #6

Ayn Rand's offensiveness is not the result of her atheism. Geoff R. Casavant May 2012 #7

I don't condemn it based solely on the Christian Right LadyHawkAZ May 2012 #10

The problem is the Christian Right, not Christianity. Zalatix May 2012 #11

this post belongs in religion. locking. nt seabeyond May 2012 #16