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loyalsister

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25. Exactly

Reply to treestar (Reply #16)

Mon Aug 1, 2016, 11:46 AM

Aug 2016

Convincing people to kill is convincing them to abandon a deeply instilled moral code.

Using religion as a righteous moral cause that helps justify it is really not all that different from how the US talked about making the world "safe for democracy" and Christianity. True or not, it's no accident that communism was tied to atheism.

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Pope: "If I speak of Islamic violence, then I have to speak of Catholic violence.” [View all] kpete Aug 2016 OP

Wow! Kali Aug 2016 #1

K&R! DemonGoddess Aug 2016 #2

I'm kind of surprised SickOfTheOnePct Aug 2016 #3

Lots of people aren't able to see that difference GummyBearz Aug 2016 #5

Or maybe the Pope sees what an attribution error is ck4829 Aug 2016 #6

It's not "apparently done in the name of ideoglogy" SickOfTheOnePct Aug 2016 #8

There were Catholic terrorists once treestar Aug 2016 #11

Absolutely there were Catholic terrorists SickOfTheOnePct Aug 2016 #13

Seriously you think the terrorist attacks treestar Aug 2016 #16

Exactly loyalsister Aug 2016 #25

You're right. They can't possibly know what their intentions are. Igel Aug 2016 #18

The difference PrideofJefferson Aug 2016 #4

All those abortion clinic bombings? And that is just the US Sanity Claws Aug 2016 #7

Agree 100% that those were/are terroist acts in the name of Christianity SickOfTheOnePct Aug 2016 #9

I think those problems PrideofJefferson Aug 2016 #14

world wide? tia uponit7771 Aug 2016 #21

LOL Skittles Aug 2016 #27

They were called out as terror attacks. Igel Aug 2016 #22

Like Christianity, Islam has multiple sects rurallib Aug 2016 #10

I agree 100% SickOfTheOnePct Aug 2016 #12

Not to be blunt PrideofJefferson Aug 2016 #15

Agree - just pointing out some history rurallib Aug 2016 #17

Certainly Islam does have mutliple sects. Igel Aug 2016 #24

A little leven levens the whole bunch uponit7771 Aug 2016 #20

DING DING DING !!! +1 for the pope..... again uponit7771 Aug 2016 #19

" If I speak of Islamic violence, then I have to speak of Catholic violence." ..incredible... Stuart G Aug 2016 #23

call it religious violence and be done with it Skittles Aug 2016 #26

Fuck. FINALLY! Quantess Aug 2016 #28

Let's talk about it then!! All religious inspired violence! Quantess Aug 2016 #29

I've been saying that for years malaise Aug 2016 #30

Curious. What do you get "attacked" for? Quantess Aug 2016 #31

For daring to call out Christians and Jews who terrorize otherss in the name malaise Aug 2016 #32

But not muslims? Quantess Aug 2016 #33

Galatians 6:1 hollowdweller Aug 2016 #34