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Originally posted by twhiteheadI would say that Constantine hijacked Christianity. For he used it to conquer.
I think you will find that in most of that warfare, Christians were the aggressors. Christianity has a history just as bad as Islam, so is it evil?
Constantine was not even a Christian, although it was rumored that he converted on his death bed.
Once collectivists turned the religion for their own use, out came the Crusades, the Inquisitions, and the rest of the evil. Before this time Christians had spread their religion by leaps and bounds as they were being thrown to the lions by collectivists like Nero.
Conversely, Mohammad converted with the sword from day one. Islam has only known violence and war since.
Originally posted by menace71No.
Is Islam the true and real threat to the rest (Western world) of the world ? Many will say Islam has been hijacked by radicals of that faith but throughout the history of this religion it has been fraught with warfare. The Sunni against the Shia and also any other people who do not capitulate and become Muslim get heads chopped off !! Any religion who wishes to kill and starve women and children no matter what name it goes by is evil
Manny
-Removed-Extremist religionist beliefs which induce violence and oppression scare me; Saudi Arabia is just a country, but it is an example of a country who's leadership and religious governing body which holds to extreme religionist beliefs and has influence on the Islamic religion in other countries. Those extreme beliefs from that particular religion impact some people in other countries sometimes resulting in terrible occurrences, here is an extreme illustration although I'm surprised you feel the need to ask for one.
http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murder_of_Lee_Rigby
That was a terrible murder and terrorist atrocity. Without a doubt.
But does it represent a bigger threat ['to the Western world" ~ to echo the OP] than, say, for example, drugs ~ drug dealing, drug crime, drug overdoses, teenage drug addiction, drug-related gang killings, organized crime?
-Removed-It is not "in play" on the General Forum. whodey only does facetious and joking around and stuff like accusing opponents of being Nazis etc. He doesn't do 'serious' discussions about anything. And lemon lime has deemed my thoughts on the terrible murder of Lee Rigby as "unfit for discussion" and suggested they be deleted but this is most likely because he had his wheels off and his on-fire-pants at his ankles on page 10 of Thread 160396.