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WildEyedLiberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-04-07 10:10 PM Original message |
Pentecostal Christians destroying priceless artifacts in Africa |
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valerief (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-04-07 10:13 PM Response to Original message |
1. Ah, and who said the Crusades were over? On with Inquisition! nt |
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BlooInBloo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-04-07 10:15 PM Response to Reply #1 |
5. Catholic, of course, but that's like the 6'5" guy wondering who's taller... |
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valerief (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-04-07 10:19 PM Response to Reply #5 |
9. They're all the same ball of Jeezwax to me. nt |
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BlooInBloo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-04-07 10:13 PM Response to Original message |
2. christian = muslim. crazy christian = crazy muslim.... |
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jaysunb (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-04-07 10:14 PM Response to Original message |
3. It's the exact same thing ! |
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whistle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-04-07 10:15 PM Response to Original message |
4. Are the Pentecostals getting enough snakes? |
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Withywindle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-04-07 10:19 PM Response to Reply #4 |
10. Apparently not. |
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whistle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-05-07 08:34 AM Response to Reply #10 |
15. Me too |
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Heidi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-05-07 09:26 AM Response to Reply #4 |
22. Pretty broad brush there. Of 115 million Pentecostals worldwide, only |
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whistle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-05-07 09:35 AM Response to Reply #22 |
23. You are absolutely correct |
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porphyrian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-04-07 10:15 PM Response to Original message |
6. All fundamentalists suck. - n/t |
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LanternWaste (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-05-07 08:45 AM Response to Reply #6 |
17. Darn. |
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porphyrian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-05-07 09:13 AM Response to Reply #17 |
20. Yeah, you probably do. The feeling would likely be mutual. |
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Tesha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-06-07 06:33 AM Response to Reply #17 |
38. If you're a fundamentalist (and not just an evangelical), yes, you do. |
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aquart (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-04-07 10:17 PM Response to Original message |
7. You're right. No difference whatsoever. |
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Withywindle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-04-07 10:17 PM Response to Original message |
8. It reminds me of the looting of the Iraqi Museum too. |
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Cerridwen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-04-07 10:24 PM Response to Original message |
11. I just yesterday re-read about the destruction of the Ancient |
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msongs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-04-07 11:07 PM Response to Original message |
12. been doing this kinda of thing for 2000 years nt |
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Tyo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-05-07 10:37 AM Response to Reply #12 |
30. Exactly. Nothing new here. Unfortunately. n/t |
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papau (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-04-07 11:49 PM Response to Original message |
13. While the destruction is regrettable - the article's "ancestral idols" is a bit exaggerated given th |
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WildEyedLiberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-05-07 12:11 AM Response to Reply #13 |
14. Yeah the stuff was a couple hundred years old |
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spoony (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-06-07 09:36 AM Response to Reply #14 |
42. Wait, wait, wait |
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WildEyedLiberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-06-07 03:14 PM Response to Reply #42 |
50. I don't think those old African relics should be WORSHIPPED, for God's sake |
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The Vinyl Ripper (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-05-07 10:17 AM Response to Reply #13 |
26. That depends a lot on the wood.. |
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bryant69 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-05-07 08:35 AM Response to Original message |
16. It isn't any different. |
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paparush (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-05-07 08:45 AM Response to Original message |
18. These people are so afraid...afraid of anything that does not fit neatly into |
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Lone_Star_Dem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-05-07 08:53 AM Response to Reply #18 |
19. That may have applied to those who began this Pentecostal movement there |
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Romulox (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-05-07 10:20 AM Response to Reply #18 |
27. A picture of Reverend Uma Ukpai... |
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paparush (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-05-07 10:47 AM Response to Reply #27 |
31. Thanks for posting that! I needed some education! |
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WildEyedLiberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-05-07 05:10 PM Response to Reply #18 |
32. Well these are African pentecostals |
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yardwork (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-05-07 09:16 AM Response to Original message |
21. Same old same old |
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progressoid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-05-07 09:38 AM Response to Original message |
24. "I hope I will be truly liberated." |
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Hydra (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-05-07 10:11 AM Response to Original message |
25. K&R |
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The Backlash Cometh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-05-07 10:26 AM Response to Original message |
28. If Christianity is the answer, why is the situation in these countries getting worse? |
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spoony (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-06-07 09:37 AM Response to Reply #28 |
43. Is that post in any way related to the topic? |
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The Stranger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-06-07 10:00 AM Response to Reply #43 |
44. It is directly related to the topic. |
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spoony (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-06-07 10:07 AM Response to Reply #44 |
46. Uh huh and how is such a broad, sweeping |
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The Stranger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-06-07 11:01 AM Response to Reply #46 |
47. To claim that this is a "specific phenomenon amongst a specific group" would be laughable, |
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Lydia Leftcoast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-06-07 11:34 AM Response to Reply #44 |
49. For one thing, all of sub-Saharan Africa is doing poorly, whether |
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The Backlash Cometh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-06-07 11:08 AM Response to Reply #43 |
48. I'm just saying, if Christianity was actually making things better, and these |
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bamacrat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-05-07 10:33 AM Response to Original message |
29. Never met a normal Pentacostal. |
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JVS (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-06-07 12:15 AM Response to Reply #29 |
35. Look around more. |
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Maddy McCall (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-05-07 05:17 PM Response to Original message |
33. Same thing happened during the contact period, North America... |
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Manifestor_of_Light (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-05-07 11:01 PM Response to Reply #33 |
34. And that's why the Virgin Mary is a big deal in Latin America. |
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OneBlueSky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-06-07 03:43 AM Response to Original message |
36. among the many things that drove me from Roman Catholicism was . . . |
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malaise (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-06-07 05:55 AM Response to Original message |
37. They sicken my stomach n/t |
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MetaTrope (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-06-07 06:42 AM Response to Original message |
39. Been happening for decades among Inuit converts too |
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tom_paine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-06-07 06:54 AM Response to Original message |
40. Oh sure, the ChristoTaliban have all the basic drives as their regular Taliban counterparts |
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WinkyDink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-06-07 07:38 AM Response to Original message |
41. OMG, may I say here how much I hate the destruction of knowledge (in this case, history)? |
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NC_Nurse (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-06-07 10:03 AM Response to Original message |
45. That sucks. |
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NAO (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-06-07 03:20 PM Response to Original message |
51. see Hitchens, Christopher, "god is Not Great: How Religion POISONS Everything" -nt |
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