List of Worst Acts in the Name of Religion

[mudwhistle]

Waco TX....Ruby Ridge.

Again, read the thread title.

The Fed's attack at Waco or Ruby Ridge was NOT based on religion, and had to do with felony weapon charges.

The attacks on both of them was over religion.

The excuse was weapons ownership.

 

[mudwhistle]

The death of Jesus Christ

ironically, thats also the greatest act.

Not sure how the supposed death of one mytholigical figure somehow overshadows the millions Christians have killed over two thousand years doing "God's work".

So what Roman Catholics did hundreds of years ago can be blamed on today's Christians.

That's like saying that today's German needs to pay for the sins of the Third Reich.



Heck....it's not even that close.

Spaniard and Italian Catholics have nothing whatsoever to do with American Christians.

 

[xotoxi]

Mountain meadow massacre


Mountain Meadows massacre - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia


The Mountain Meadows massacre was a mass slaughter of the Fancher-Baker emigrant wagon train at Mountain Meadows, Utah Territory, by the local Mormon militia on September 11, 1857. It began as an attack, quickly turned into a siege, and eventually culminated in the execution of the unarmed emigrants after their surrender. All of the party except for seventeen children under eight years old—about 120 men, women, and children—were killed.[1] After the massacre, the corpses of the victims were left decomposing for two years on the open plain,[2] their children were distributed to local Mormon families, and many of their possessions auctioned off at the Latter Day Saint Cedar City tithing office.[3]

Your example was the murder of 120 people.

The other examples were the murder of many thousands or millions of people.

FAIL.

 

[Sunni Man]

Waco TX....Ruby Ridge.

Again, read the thread title.

The Fed's attack at Waco or Ruby Ridge was NOT based on religion, and had to do with felony weapon charges.

The attacks on both of them was over religion.

The excuse was weapons ownership.

So the ATF attacked Waco because of their religion??

Never heard this before. Please elaborate.

btw What religious reason caused the Feds to attack Ruby Ridge???

 

[Avatar4321]

Mountain meadow massacre


Mountain Meadows massacre - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia


The Mountain Meadows massacre was a mass slaughter of the Fancher-Baker emigrant wagon train at Mountain Meadows, Utah Territory, by the local Mormon militia on September 11, 1857. It began as an attack, quickly turned into a siege, and eventually culminated in the execution of the unarmed emigrants after their surrender. All of the party except for seventeen children under eight years old—about 120 men, women, and children—were killed.[1] After the massacre, the corpses of the victims were left decomposing for two years on the open plain,[2] their children were distributed to local Mormon families, and many of their possessions auctioned off at the Latter Day Saint Cedar City tithing office.[3]

Your example was the murder of 120 people.

The other examples were the murder of many thousands or millions of people.

FAIL.

That, religion was not the reason it was done. Nor was it done "in the name of God"

 

[JW Frogen]

I think the worse thing religion has ever done, and they all do it, is convince people that their poetic text has defined God and or existence.

A God and existence none of us can totally define.

If we dare, is that not the very definition of idolatry? We place a text or concept before us and tell God that is what God is?

Once you are certain you understand God, have defined God, you have the certainty and conviction to act like God.

And for our ape-species, that is a very dangerous thing.

 

[Avatar4321]

I think the worse thing religion has ever done, and they all do it, is convince people that their poetic text has defined God and or existence.

A God and existence none of us can totally define.

If we dare, is that not the very definition of idolatry? We place a text or concept before us and tell God that is what God is?

Once you are certain you understand God, have defined God, you have the certainty and conviction to act like God.

And for our ape-species, that is a very dangerous thing.

Interesting thought. I am often outspoken about limiting God to anything a text might say. I think God has alot He wants to teach us that people refuse to even contemplate because they are worried about their book more than the God the book teaches about.

 

[☭proletarian☭]

The collection plate.

Thread over.

*eyes Uncle Sam*

 

[☭proletarian☭]

Waco TX....Ruby Ridge.

They died in the name of gun control...

 

[mudwhistle]

Again, read the thread title.

The Fed's attack at Waco or Ruby Ridge was NOT based on religion, and had to do with felony weapon charges.

The attacks on both of them was over religion.

The excuse was weapons ownership.

So the ATF attacked Waco because of their religion??

Never heard this before. Please elaborate.

btw What religious reason caused the Feds to attack Ruby Ridge???

In the first couple of years of the Clinton Administration they wanted make an example of those people. In both cases they were Christians.

They used weapons possession as an excuse.

The record is clear. A known Lesbian was Attorney General at the time. The dirty little secret about Hillary is she likes to munch on a rug from time to time. Donna Shala was her main squeeze back then. Nothing the Gay community hates more then Christians...but they couldn't attack them for being Christian...so they made their use of weapons as an excuse to begin their assault on Christians and gun ownership in this country. After Obama is done with Health Care and Cap & Trade he's gonna start in on Immigration and gun ownership.

 

[Sunni Man]

The attacks on both of them was over religion.

The excuse was weapons ownership.

So the ATF attacked Waco because of their religion??

Never heard this before. Please elaborate.

btw What religious reason caused the Feds to attack Ruby Ridge???

In the first couple of years of the Clinton Administration they wanted make an example of those people. In both cases they were Christians.

They used weapons possession as an excuse.

The record is clear. A known Lesbian was Attorney General at the time. The dirty little secret about Hillary is she likes to munch on a rug from time to time. Donna Shala was her main squeeze back then. Nothing the Gay community hates more then Christians...but they couldn't attack them for being Christian...so they made their use of weapons as an excuse to begin their assault on Christians and gun ownership in this country. After Obama is done with Health Care and Cap & Trade he's gonna start in on Immigration and gun ownership.

Oh, now I understand.........

 

[mudwhistle]

So the ATF attacked Waco because of their religion??

Never heard this before. Please elaborate.

btw What religious reason caused the Feds to attack Ruby Ridge???

In the first couple of years of the Clinton Administration they wanted make an example of those people. In both cases they were Christians.

They used weapons possession as an excuse.

The record is clear. A known Lesbian was Attorney General at the time. The dirty little secret about Hillary is she likes to munch on a rug from time to time. Donna Shalala was her main squeeze back then. Nothing the Gay community hates more then Christians...but they couldn't attack them for being Christian...so they made their use of weapons as an excuse to begin their assault on Christians and gun ownership in this country. After Obama is done with Health Care and Cap & Trade he's gonna start in on Immigration and gun ownership.

Oh, now I understand.........

Yeah right....the government couldn't possibly be corrupt and rotting away from within.

It doesn't matter who is in charge. That much power has a tendency to corrupt.

Whether it's old rich folks that believe in God or slightly younger rich folks that hate him. They all have their agendas.

Start a thread about Gays and you'll see a full display of the anger that exists in the Gay community. Give em alot of power and it tends to manifest in predictable ways.

 

[Truthspeaker]

Waco TX....Ruby Ridge.

Again, read the thread title.

The Fed's attack at Waco or Ruby Ridge was NOT based on religion, and had to do with felony weapon charges.

The attacks on both of them was over religion.

The excuse was weapons ownership.

I'll say the crime in that case happened in the brainwashing of impressionable kool aiders. then murdering them because the leaders didn't want them talking to the feds.

 

[Truthspeaker]

The death of Jesus Christ

ironically, thats also the greatest act.

Not sure how the supposed death of one mytholigical figure somehow overshadows the millions Christians have killed over two thousand years doing "God's work".

To claim Jesus was a mythological character is clearly ignorant. Don't compare a documented historical figure who even recently has had a coin found with his name on it with a Perseus or Hercules.

You may say his teachings were mythological and that is fair enough. But the guy lived in Jerusalem in the early first century and that is undeniable. There is no debate on this.

And the cruel deeds done by so called Christians using his name as a cloak is the very point of this thread. Jesus taught not to kill and to love one another, not to go on crusades.

 

[☭proletarian☭]

To claim Jesus was a mythological character is clearly ignorant. Don't compare a documented historical figure who even recently has had a coin found with his name on it

When was that coin from again, retard? We also have statues of Zeus

 

[Truthspeaker]

I think the worse thing religion has ever done, and they all do it, is convince people that their poetic text has defined God and or existence.

The worst thing? Ok, but I can think of much worse things.

A God and existence none of us can totally define.

Though none of us can define God, He can define Himself to us. One of the ways he can do that is causing the description to be written, but even with God, a picture is worth far more than any written description. So he appears to Prophets. He can even appear to us in dreams and visions if we seek hard enough. He says if we draw near to Him, then he will draw near to us and "see His face". A literal face with eyes ears mouth etc. Otherwise how could he be our father. But anyways that's off topic slightly. I hardly consider such thing to be an evil in the name of religion.

If we dare, is that not the very definition of idolatry? We place a text or concept before us and tell God that is what God is?

It is very important not to worship a book. A book is merely a tool to help us draw closer to God. We must not treat it like a living breathing individual God. That is why personal prayer is actually more important than scripture.

Once you are certain you understand God, have defined God, you have the certainty and conviction to act like God.

Are you a mormon?

And for our ape-species, that is a very dangerous thing.

Well I guess you're not a Mormon.

 

[Truthspeaker]

To claim Jesus was a mythological character is clearly ignorant. Don't compare a documented historical figure who even recently has had a coin found with his name on it

When was that coin from again, retard? We also have statues of Zeus

I'm past caring if you decide to bury your head in the sand as to the existence of the most famous man of all time. That is off topic. Documents which still exist dated within 200 years of Christ testify of his existence as well as Christians who were willing to die for their testimonies. There is no stronger evidence than that multiplied by the millions who have patterned their lives after him based on their studies. Why don't you create a thread Called "did Jesus exist" and I will rip you to shreds in that forum. I won't do it here because I'm an on topic kinda guy.

anywhoo.... Did you care to chime in about genocide or did you have another agenda?

 

[☭proletarian☭]

To claim Jesus was a mythological character is clearly ignorant. Don't compare a documented historical figure who even recently has had a coin found with his name on it

When was that coin from again, retard? We also have statues of Zeus

I'm past caring

Back to not caring about the facts. Thanks for proving again that not one of you is honest.

if you decide to bury your head in the sand as to the existence of the most famous man of all time. That is off topic. Documents which still exist dated within 200 years of Christ testify of his existence

And we have evidence from before the landings that Kilroy was there frirst...

as well as Christians who were willing to die for their testimonies.

and Muslims who die for their beliefs.... and Buddhists willing to burnto death...

There is no stronger evidence than that multiplied by the millions who have patterned their lives after him based on their studies.

every other religion can say the same thing

 

[GHook93]

Did you forget the Holocaust? Germany Crusades to right the Rhinelands of all non-Christians?

Atheist are not without their horrible acts.
Stalin and the Soviets killed 10s of millions of people. Same with Maoist China. Pol Pot's Khmer Rouge in Cambodia. People even argue that Hitler was an atheist and the Nazi's were an atheist movement.

 

[amrchaos]

To claim Jesus was a mythological character is clearly ignorant. Don't compare a documented historical figure who even recently has had a coin found with his name on it

When was that coin from again, retard? We also have statues of Zeus

Hey, prolatarian.

Even if Christ existed, the problem of proven that Christ was a god and not a normal man in which theological elaborations were heaped onto in order to justify the foundations of a church is still in question.

So it does not matter if Christ existed or not, the problem lies with the religous claims about Christ and Christ's purpose in terms of the church.