The old testiment is full of references of war and plight of the people of
God. Where exactly does it tell me to go out and kill everyone who is not
a christian?
The "religious extremist" :bs: is a cop out cliche'.
Muslims (call them extremists if it makes anybody feel better) and there are
quite a lot of them, cost the lives of thousands of innocent Americans in the
twin towers and on the planes, continue to bomb our soldiers and buildings
thruout the world, and continue to threaten our security at home.
I certainly don't condone or excuse the crusades...when was the last time
christians killed thousands in the name of Christ for them being non-believers?
Several hundred years..."extremist" christians today, do what...join the peace corps?
Now I certainly don't blanket ALL Muslims as violent, I believe it's a small
percentage...but their violence or desire for violence KNOWS NO LIMIT.
You've got Iran PUBLICLY claiming to wipe Israel off the face of the map and
developing nuclear weapons...and you guys want to split hairs and worry about
being politicaly correct and lumping all religions into that pool...???
Lastly I think your on shaky ground trying to intellectualize about religion...
it's a matter of faith and near impossible to reason with (Note to Obama).