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Post by Bruce Burleson » Wed Mar 31, 2010 1:11 am

Xamonas Chegwé wrote: Valden mentioned that the US news never refers to homegrown terrorists as the "American taliban" in the post that RB took exception to. To the best of my understanding, she was not referring to the entire religious right either. Her point, and mine, was that there are groups that are every bit as fanatical and violent as the taliban in the USA.
I challenge the assessment that these nutties were "Christian." There is a tendency to mix religion with nationalism, and you end up with some very unsavory stews. "Christian" is just a label that is appropriated by various groups for political or other purposes. Since Jesus (unlike Mohammad) never took up arms or taught his disciples to kill people, it's really a stretch to label these people as his followers.

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Xamonas Chegwé wrote: Valden mentioned that the US news never refers to homegrown terrorists as the "American taliban" in the post that RB took exception to. To the best of my understanding, she was not referring to the entire religious right either. Her point, and mine, was that there are groups that are every bit as fanatical and violent as the taliban in the USA.
I challenge the assessment that these nutties were "Christian." There is a tendency to mix religion with nationalism, and you end up with some very unsavory stews. "Christian" is just a label that is appropriated by various groups for political or other purposes. Since Jesus (unlike Mohammad) never took up arms or taught his disciples to kill people, it's really a stretch to label these people as his followers.
If they call themselves christian, that is enough for me. Or do you have some special god-powers to distinguish 'real' christians from the other kind? :dono:
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Post by Ian » Wed Mar 31, 2010 1:23 am

Christians cherry-pick the bible to decide for themselves what constitutes Christian morality. Naturally, they're going to decide for themselves that some fellow Christians don't qualify as real Christians either. :roll:

I'd wager anything that those Hutaree psychos don't consider the more moderate types like Bruce to be real Christians.

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Bruce Burleson wrote:
Xamonas Chegwé wrote: Valden mentioned that the US news never refers to homegrown terrorists as the "American taliban" in the post that RB took exception to. To the best of my understanding, she was not referring to the entire religious right either. Her point, and mine, was that there are groups that are every bit as fanatical and violent as the taliban in the USA.
I challenge the assessment that these nutties were "Christian." There is a tendency to mix religion with nationalism, and you end up with some very unsavory stews. "Christian" is just a label that is appropriated by various groups for political or other purposes. Since Jesus (unlike Mohammad) never took up arms or taught his disciples to kill people, it's really a stretch to label these people as his followers.

There really is No True Scotsman these days....

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Post by Bruce Burleson » Wed Mar 31, 2010 1:30 am

Xamonas Chegwé wrote: If they call themselves christian, that is enough for me. Or do you have some special god-powers to distinguish 'real' christians from the other kind? :dono:
Stalin and Mao called themselves atheists. That is enough for me. Or do you have some special non-god-powers to distinguish "real" atheists from the other kind? This is such an infantile argument that you should be asking Madelyn Murray O'Hair to forgive you.

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Xamonas Chegwé wrote: If they call themselves christian, that is enough for me. Or do you have some special god-powers to distinguish 'real' christians from the other kind? :dono:
Stalin and Mao called themselves atheists. That is enough for me. Or do you have some special non-god-powers to distinguish "real" atheists from the other kind? This is such an infantile argument that you should be asking Madelyn Murray O'Hair to forgive you.
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An atheist is just someone that doesn't believe in any god or gods. if Stalin and Mao met that criteria, then they were atheists. Where's your problem?
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Post by Ian » Wed Mar 31, 2010 1:33 am

Bruce Burleson wrote:
Xamonas Chegwé wrote: If they call themselves christian, that is enough for me. Or do you have some special god-powers to distinguish 'real' christians from the other kind? :dono:
Stalin and Mao called themselves atheists. That is enough for me. Or do you have some special non-god-powers to distinguish "real" atheists from the other kind? This is such an infantile argument that you should be asking Madelyn Murray O'Hair to forgive you.
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Post by Wumbologist » Wed Mar 31, 2010 1:35 am

Bruce Burleson wrote:
Xamonas Chegwé wrote: If they call themselves christian, that is enough for me. Or do you have some special god-powers to distinguish 'real' christians from the other kind? :dono:
Stalin and Mao called themselves atheists. That is enough for me. Or do you have some special non-god-powers to distinguish "real" atheists from the other kind? This is such an infantile argument that you should be asking Madelyn Murray O'Hair to forgive you.

If they didn't believe in the existence of deities, they were "true" atheists. It's not an exclusive club, we don't have a membership review board checking the qualifications of new "applicants". MOST people who call themselves "Christian" would not pass muster for actually following Christ's teachings.

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Post by Martok » Wed Mar 31, 2010 1:41 am

Bruce Burleson wrote:
Xamonas Chegwé wrote: Valden mentioned that the US news never refers to homegrown terrorists as the "American taliban" in the post that RB took exception to. To the best of my understanding, she was not referring to the entire religious right either. Her point, and mine, was that there are groups that are every bit as fanatical and violent as the taliban in the USA.
I challenge the assessment that these nutties were "Christian." There is a tendency to mix religion with nationalism, and you end up with some very unsavory stews. "Christian" is just a label that is appropriated by various groups for political or other purposes. Since Jesus (unlike Mohammad) never took up arms or taught his disciples to kill people, it's really a stretch to label these people as his followers.
If Jesus, Mohammad, and Buddha were to come back today Mohammad and Buddha would still recognize the religions they left behind. Jesus, if the stories of his life are true, would be shocked and horrified at wants been done in his name.

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Post by Bruce Burleson » Wed Mar 31, 2010 1:46 am

Xamonas Chegwé wrote:
Bruce Burleson wrote:
Xamonas Chegwé wrote: If they call themselves christian, that is enough for me. Or do you have some special god-powers to distinguish 'real' christians from the other kind? :dono:
Stalin and Mao called themselves atheists. That is enough for me. Or do you have some special non-god-powers to distinguish "real" atheists from the other kind? This is such an infantile argument that you should be asking Madelyn Murray O'Hair to forgive you.
:dono:

An atheist is just someone that doesn't believe in any god or gods. if Stalin and Mao met that criteria, then they were atheists. Where's your problem?
Who are you to say what an atheist is? Are you the atheist Pope? I've observed many arguments over the issue of whether "atheist" means "no belief in gods" vs. "belief in no gods." Now you step in with Sinaitic authority and claim to settle the issue. Who died and made you the True Scotsman Atheist?

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Post by Bruce Burleson » Wed Mar 31, 2010 1:47 am

Martok wrote: If Jesus, Mohammad, and Buddha were to come back today Mohammad and Buddha would still recognize the religions they left behind. Jesus, if the stories of his life are true, would be shocked and horrified at wants been done in his name.
Agreed.

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Bruce Burleson wrote:Are you the atheist Pope?
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Post by RuleBritannia » Wed Mar 31, 2010 1:52 am

Bruce Burleson wrote:
Xamonas Chegwé wrote:
Bruce Burleson wrote:
Xamonas Chegwé wrote: If they call themselves christian, that is enough for me. Or do you have some special god-powers to distinguish 'real' christians from the other kind? :dono:
Stalin and Mao called themselves atheists. That is enough for me. Or do you have some special non-god-powers to distinguish "real" atheists from the other kind? This is such an infantile argument that you should be asking Madelyn Murray O'Hair to forgive you.
:dono:

An atheist is just someone that doesn't believe in any god or gods. if Stalin and Mao met that criteria, then they were atheists. Where's your problem?
Who are you to say what an atheist is? Are you the atheist Pope? I've observed many arguments over the issue of whether "atheist" means "no belief in gods" vs. "belief in no gods." Now you step in with Sinaitic authority and claim to settle the issue. Who died and made you the True Scotsman Atheist?
"Atheist" means both, "no belief in gods" and "belief in no gods", which is a shame because these are very different things, but that's what it means.

Comparing "atheist" to "christian" is incorrect anyway, the correct comparison would be "atheist" and "theist", as they are both absolutes. "Christian" on the other hand isn't, and that's where you get into the "no true Scotsman" region.
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