I find it laughable to equate the frequency and scale of Muslim terrorist attacks with Christianity. This is a classic case of deflection. To feel good about ourselves not singling out one particular faith, we throw other faiths into the debate..... Osama Bin Laden and the Taliban are VERY popular in the Muslim world, with significant sympathy here in the west as well, especially the UK. That speaks of a MORAL failure within Islam as a whole to address the issue and prevent terrorist attacks. The overwhelming majority of evangelical Christians around the world would condemn murder of abortion doctors. But the overwhelming majority of majority of Muslims in the world would think what the Ft. Hood traitor did is wonderful! This b.s. about religion itself being the problem --- if there truly was no religion, people would find other things to fight for as well. Penn and Teller (who actually hate religion) dealt with this issue, and South Park had a great satire about how in the future world of atheists only, atheists will fight over who`s science is better. The human condition is flawed, with or without religion. We can always find SOMETHING to fight about. Most wars are economic or politically driven - not religiously driven. But we can make the argument that radical Islamic philosophy IS driving this war. People have done many EVIL things in the name of Christ - I concede that point. I`m sure they will in the future as well. But I am curious why it is not Christians that are targeting masses of people subway stations, skyscrapers full of people, Mosques (instead of the churches Muslims regularly attack), pizza parlors, malls, schools, and other soft targets in the modern age. Those of you who are `progressive` should be praising Christianity for it`s progress away from the evils of the middle ages, while holding Islam into account for it`s continuance of violence against the `unbelievers everywhere`. Another point - trying to attribute Hitler`s evil deeds to Christianity is a stretch at best. It is well known, and documented, that Hitler was into the occult, and in fact, may have considered himself `God`. Additionally, he tried to influence German Christians by have any positive mention of Hebrews or Jews out of the Bible. Clearly, the story of ancient Israel, and the Jews is central to the Christian world view of history and understanding of faith. Faith without the acceptance and understanding of Israel`s/Jewish role in Christianity is invalid - essentially, it is not Christian. You progressives think `radical right` Christians are the biggest threat to the world.... you continue thinking that at your own peril. The right-wing Christian is not calling for you to die because you are not a Christian. But a large plurality in the Muslim world wants both you and the right wing Christian to convert or die. AggieSpirit - 2009-11-11 07:30:03

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