Atheists & Agnostics

guillaumeb

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6. Nixon's back

Thu Jan 29, 2015, 08:26 PM

Jan 2015

Terrorist is frequently used when governments are describing their non-state opponents. Thus Palestinians are terrorists when the Israeli government talks. Muslims are terrorists even when defending their countries against US aggression. Lyndon Johnson and Richard Nixon dropped more bombs on Vietnam, when considering total tonnage, then were dropped in WW2. Harry Truman caused the deaths of over 200,000 Japanese in the terror attacks on Hiroshima and Nagasaki but I have never heard him referred to as an American terrorist. In my eyes all three are Christian terrorists. The corporate media will never call a US president a terrorist.

As to the Amish Mafia, there are cases of Amish hardliners forcibly cutting the hair of their non-conforming children, but I was using the phrase in a hyperbolic way.

As to believers and non-believers, I respect your beliefs, whatever they are, and would never presume to judge you because of them. Live and let live is the only way to go.

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If Islam (or any religion, for that matter) were truly a "religion of peace"... [View all] trotsky Jan 2015 OP

There are Buddhist monks that openly advocate violence to further their cause... truebrit71 Jan 2015 #1

Exactly skepticscott Jan 2015 #2

Interesting take guillaumeb Jan 2015 #3

Ah, so I'm sure you can cite us numerous examples skepticscott Jan 2015 #5

Nixon's back guillaumeb Jan 2015 #6

None of which is remotely relevant skepticscott Jan 2015 #7

There is no "Amish Mafia". Curmudgeoness Jan 2015 #8

Oh but there is the TV show Heddi Jan 2015 #9

Seems our friend decided to weigh anchor skepticscott Feb 2015 #21

Lost at sea, perhaps. mr blur Feb 2015 #22

Of course not skepticscott Jan 2015 #18

Counting Truman as a christian terrorist for his actions in WWII Lordquinton Jan 2015 #17

Welcome back, guillaumeb! EvolveOrConvolve Jan 2015 #10

Thank you guillaumeb Jan 2015 #11

What do you think about science, in particular, the Scientific Method? EvolveOrConvolve Jan 2015 #12

absolutely agree with you on that guillaumeb Jan 2015 #14

I think truth itself is so abstract as to be almost worthless EvolveOrConvolve Jan 2015 #16

first thing i'd do, i'd reject ideologies that institutionalize said behavior. AtheistCrusader Jan 2015 #13

I'm not sure guillaumeb Jan 2015 #15

Has anyone here blamed all muslims? Warren Stupidity Jan 2015 #19

Denying children health care and war and violence and insanity JDDavis Jan 2015 #4

Killing for your god is a time-honored tradition!1!! Respect it11! JNelson6563 Jan 2015 #20

It really is the extremists that are causing the trouble RussBLib Feb 2015 #23

"have distorted the Koran" trotsky Feb 2015 #24

distortion=selective attention RussBLib Feb 2015 #25

Sure, but that's still the deal. trotsky Feb 2015 #26