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48. I'm fed up with whataboutery. Exactly how many hundreds ago did those events happen?

Thu Feb 26, 2015, 08:31 PM

Feb 2015

Thanks to the Enlightenment the West put Christianity in its place and we have been free from that form of destruction. I don't disagree with you about the Abrahamic faiths but of them Islam is the worst because of the belief that the Koran is word for word dictated by god and the duty of humans is to submit to that word not come up with subjective interpretations.

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There people are the personification of pure evilness! n/t RKP5637 Feb 2015 #2

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No one has prevented the American media from broadcasting the propaganda videos repeatedly. Fred Sanders Feb 2015 #7

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Divide And Conquor billhicks76 Feb 2015 #47

^ BlancheSplanchnik Feb 2015 #33

3000 year appointment with Jihadi agents of entropy Bosonic Feb 2015 #4

Destroying Qurans and ancient Muslim artifacts and priceless texts...not Muslim, just pure evil. Fred Sanders Feb 2015 #6

It's evil from the manipulation of religon Gore1FL Feb 2015 #8

So..why are the KKK not burning Bibles - in the name of "Christianity"? Did I miss something there? Fred Sanders Feb 2015 #9

Because Christians don't have sects that revere Bibles riderinthestorm Feb 2015 #11

No Christian sect "reveres" the Bible? Really........again, I must be missing something. Fred Sanders Feb 2015 #16

You are. You asked why isn't the KKK burning Bibles. riderinthestorm Feb 2015 #19

I think most Christian religions revere the Bible karynnj Feb 2015 #31

Christians have reverence for the Bible but don't go apeshit if one is destroyed riderinthestorm Feb 2015 #34

Christians revere the meaning and text of the bible. Calista241 Feb 2015 #53

Since when is 'evil' a word meaning 'one who burns Bibles'? The KKK lynched human beings. Evil. Bluenorthwest Feb 2015 #13

I am not sure burning bibles is evil, Gore1FL Feb 2015 #15

Burning Churches, burning Mosques. Same evil, same devils. What religion worships devilry? Fred Sanders Feb 2015 #17

All of them. Gore1FL Feb 2015 #30

Burning bibles seems almost as bad as burning crosses... LanternWaste Feb 2015 #41

Throughout history MANY Christians have destroyed books and art in the name of Christianity. Coventina Feb 2015 #20

It is not a "tradition"......it is evil. Is there nuance to pure evil I am not getting? Fred Sanders Feb 2015 #25

Some traditions are evil. n/t Coventina Feb 2015 #27

human history is full of evil BlancheSplanchnik Feb 2015 #32

I'm fed up with whataboutery. Exactly how many hundreds ago did those events happen? snagglepuss Feb 2015 #48

I was in no way trying to say, "What about Christianity?" Coventina Feb 2015 #49

Who needs the past Turbineguy Feb 2015 #10

Who needs TV when you have T-Rex? Bluenorthwest Feb 2015 #14

Hckofajob...! Grins Feb 2015 #12

Rumsfeld said something like... ReRe Feb 2015 #26

I would think that this will merely make other Muslims more angry at them. jwirr Feb 2015 #18

Yes, after the thousands of "other Muslims" they have already killed and enslaved this should do it..?? Fred Sanders Feb 2015 #21

Just another nail. And I do not know why the Muslim countries are holding back. Maybe the rulers jwirr Feb 2015 #23

There are 50 Muslims nations in the coalition...Jordan, Iran, Turkey are most active...and who do Fred Sanders Feb 2015 #24

fucking cavemen. barbtries Feb 2015 #22

I think they are Taliban... ReRe Feb 2015 #28

Collateral Damage One_Life_To_Give Feb 2015 #37

Thank you for your remarks ReRe Feb 2015 #50

This is sad, but the Saudis destroyed many of their own historical artifacts, and closeupready Feb 2015 #29

Romans - the barbarians - burnt the library of Alexandria packman Feb 2015 #35

One of the worst losses in human history. NuclearDem Feb 2015 #45

Not since the Mongols of Tamerlane eissa Feb 2015 #36

George W. Bush, the gift that keeps on giving...nt lutefisk Feb 2015 #39

They're worse than the ancient Hebrews, sulphurdunn Feb 2015 #40

remember when everyone was demanding a "Muslim Reformation"? this IS it! MisterP Feb 2015 #42

Sounds like ISIS is getting funded through American Evangelical groups. blkmusclmachine Feb 2015 #43

Fucking monsters. NuclearDem Feb 2015 #44

From Ahmed Rehad's public post on Facebook Alameda Feb 2015 #46

Thank you for re-posting that. Nihil Feb 2015 #52