E.A.'s Truths and Many Lies

Submitted by Atheist (United States), Nov 20, 2002 at 19:04

Let's re-assess Christianity.. The Nazi party was NOT Christian as Hitler rebuked his faith of Christianity. PEOPLE, not just Christians, brought thousands upon thousands of blacks -- not just MUSLIMS -- from Africa and annihilated their religion, family, and identity. A Christian pope declared the crusades, because Seljuq Turks destroyed the Christian temple in Jerusalem and denied access to the city. The Inquisition was Christian, not Muslim. PEOPLE killed off the natives of North America, called them an inferior race, shipped them to reservations, and then withheld food. Coronado, Cortez, and all the other Spanish conquerers killed off the natives in South America because they were wealthy and wanted their riches.

Islam has done enough evil things to fill a book too. Islam teaches to love all just like Christianity. Jihad roughly means "struggle to defend the faith," only extremists take this to mean that all non-muslims must be killed. The Shariah allows for the killing by stoning and such, not the Qur'an. So mainstream Islam is not evil just like most main religions' mainstream populations are not evil. They just try to live their faith in a peaceful and productive manner.

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