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Ace Rothstein

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37. If someone draws a picture of Mohammed there are millions in the streets protesting.
Tue Jun 14, 2016, 02:40 PM
Jun 2016

Someone calls for death of a particular group and we hear not a peep from the same crowd.

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Who went into a church and killed Dr. Tiller again? malaise Jun 2016 #1
i think pastors who promote hate are boycotted by the majority and they are riducled. MariaThinks Jun 2016 #2
We certainly do not hear demands that the christian community denounce violent Christians. DetlefK Jun 2016 #3
because they do. But let's keep deflecting like the tragedies mount. MariaThinks Jun 2016 #4
Can you bring up an example? DetlefK Jun 2016 #20
because the vast majority of Christians are not listening to priests who want to blow up planned MariaThinks Jun 2016 #22
Has the Pope ever praised a murder committed by a Christian? Nye Bevan Jun 2016 #8
Several Popes encouraged the slaughter of indigenous people acros the planet for centuries malaise Jun 2016 #15
Urban II died in 1099. I believe the poster you are responding to is referring.. Marengo Jun 2016 #16
The Crusades usually get mentioned in these discussions, Nye Bevan Jun 2016 #18
Funny how that is. cwydro Jun 2016 #21
Well here's some more Tsiyu Jun 2016 #33
I agree about religion. cwydro Jun 2016 #35
We're talking about religion here Tsiyu Jun 2016 #36
Pious XII is quite controversial, but I'm not well read enough on him to filter out all the noise... Marengo Jun 2016 #30
Good point. demosincebirth Jun 2016 #41
spare me the examples of 500 years ago as if that is relevent today. yes, spare me. MariaThinks Jun 2016 #39
no. MariaThinks Jun 2016 #23
+1 uponit7771 Jun 2016 #19
The Pope? demosincebirth Jun 2016 #40
When pro-life groups condemned the CO Planned Parenthood attack, Nye Bevan Jun 2016 #6
Again with the "ALL" knee-jerk response. Enough, people! Quantess Jun 2016 #14
thank you. MariaThinks Jun 2016 #24
Er...Stalin? demosincebirth Jun 2016 #42
Australia was reviewing his visa; he fled to Dubai before a decision was made muriel_volestrangler Jun 2016 #5
is this the template for an 'islamic scholar'? what are the standards? Does he represent Islamic MariaThinks Jun 2016 #26
I have no idea what you're trying to say (nt) muriel_volestrangler Jun 2016 #34
When a Christian baker refused to bake a cake for a same-sex wedding, Nye Bevan Jun 2016 #7
Even worse, he's diagnosed as a self-hating gay, and had nothing to do with Islam. Coventina Jun 2016 #9
unless we accept these truths, the muslim extremists are not going to stop. MariaThinks Jun 2016 #11
He may have had librarylu Jun 2016 #31
I feel very sorry for gay Muslims. I left Christianity because I grew up to be a feminist. Coventina Jun 2016 #32
Good point. I never see threads like: "how do we eliminate anger and violence in our faith?" MariaThinks Jun 2016 #27
The thing with these mass religions whatthehey Jun 2016 #10
but most religions are evolving. I don't hear Hindu priests by the dozens or Christian priests by MariaThinks Jun 2016 #13
Well there's a couple of differences, and some similarities whatthehey Jun 2016 #25
i have extreme hatred and condemnation for those christian gay killers MariaThinks Jun 2016 #28
It is an assault, and the fucker should be put in jail. bemildred Jun 2016 #12
Question: When a pastor publicly calls for the murder of homosexual people KamaAina Jun 2016 #17
The person who posted those threads was a self declared Christian MariaThinks Jun 2016 #29
If someone draws a picture of Mohammed there are millions in the streets protesting. Ace Rothstein Jun 2016 #37
that's what i'm saying. It is all one way. Someone is asking for death to an entire community - gay MariaThinks Jun 2016 #38
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