The most recent attack on organized religion came from homosexual rock star Sir Elton John, who thinks that organized religion—specifically Christianity—turns people into “hateful lemmings.” According to John, “I think religion has always tried to turn hatred towards gay people. Religion promotes the hatred and spite against gays.” His solution: “ban religion completely, even though there are some wonderful things about it.”
Atheist Richard Dawkins, writing in his new book, “The God Delusion,” claims that many of the world’s conflicts around the world are due to the murderous religious impulses. Columnist Robert Kuttner claims that “The Crusades slaughtered millions in the name of Jesus. The Inquisition brought the torture and murder of millions more. After Martin Luther, Christians did bloody battle with other Christians for another three centuries.”
Dinesh D’Souza, a Fellow at the Hoover Institution recently pointed out the glaring errors in such statements in the Christian Science Monitor. He noted, for example, that the Spanish Inquisition sentenced to death approximately 10,000 individuals. Some historians claim another 100,000 died in jail.
One of liberalism’s favorite anti-Christian boogeyman is the Salem witch trials. How many actually died as a result of those trials: fewer than 25.
And what of the Crusades? Most Americans probably have a negative view of the Crusades as an attempt by Christians to conquer peaceful Muslims. The opposite is true. British historian Paul Johnson has observed: “The Crusades, far from being an outrageous prototype of Western imperialism, as taught in most schools, were a mere episode in a struggle that lasted 1,400 years, and were one of the few occasions when Christians took the offensive to regain ‘occupied territories’ of the Holy Land.” The Crusades were launched to regain land conquered by Muslims and to prevent Muslim armies from invading and conquering any more nations! It was a defensive war against Muslim imperialism.
The Christian-haters should turn their attentions to militant Islam and Atheism as the most serious dangers to the world.
The fact is that while religious wars have been fought for centuries, militant atheism has slaughtered more people than religious zealots ever have. The greatest mass murders in history have been committed not by Christians but by Communists Joseph Stalin and Mao Tse Tung. More than 100 million have died at the hands of these militant atheists since the early 20th century.
And, one of the first genocides committed in the 20th century was by Turkish Muslims against Armenians between 1915 and 1918. An estimated 1.5 million Christian Armenians were killed during that slaughter.
Elton John, Robert Kuttner, Richard Dawkins and others may want to do more fact-checking before they launch into new tirades against Christianity.
Elton John’s ability to speak freely and attack Christianity in Britain is due to the fact that Britain has based its laws upon the Ten Commandments and Christian principles about free speech and freedom of conscience. John might not fare so well under Sharia law nor would his music be freely marketed under a Communist dictatorship.
Atheist Richard Dawkins, writing in his new book, “The God Delusion,” claims that many of the world’s conflicts around the world are due to the murderous religious impulses. Columnist Robert Kuttner claims that “The Crusades slaughtered millions in the name of Jesus. The Inquisition brought the torture and murder of millions more. After Martin Luther, Christians did bloody battle with other Christians for another three centuries.”
Dinesh D’Souza, a Fellow at the Hoover Institution recently pointed out the glaring errors in such statements in the Christian Science Monitor. He noted, for example, that the Spanish Inquisition sentenced to death approximately 10,000 individuals. Some historians claim another 100,000 died in jail.
One of liberalism’s favorite anti-Christian boogeyman is the Salem witch trials. How many actually died as a result of those trials: fewer than 25.
And what of the Crusades? Most Americans probably have a negative view of the Crusades as an attempt by Christians to conquer peaceful Muslims. The opposite is true. British historian Paul Johnson has observed: “The Crusades, far from being an outrageous prototype of Western imperialism, as taught in most schools, were a mere episode in a struggle that lasted 1,400 years, and were one of the few occasions when Christians took the offensive to regain ‘occupied territories’ of the Holy Land.” The Crusades were launched to regain land conquered by Muslims and to prevent Muslim armies from invading and conquering any more nations! It was a defensive war against Muslim imperialism.
The Christian-haters should turn their attentions to militant Islam and Atheism as the most serious dangers to the world.
The fact is that while religious wars have been fought for centuries, militant atheism has slaughtered more people than religious zealots ever have. The greatest mass murders in history have been committed not by Christians but by Communists Joseph Stalin and Mao Tse Tung. More than 100 million have died at the hands of these militant atheists since the early 20th century.
And, one of the first genocides committed in the 20th century was by Turkish Muslims against Armenians between 1915 and 1918. An estimated 1.5 million Christian Armenians were killed during that slaughter.
Elton John, Robert Kuttner, Richard Dawkins and others may want to do more fact-checking before they launch into new tirades against Christianity.
Elton John’s ability to speak freely and attack Christianity in Britain is due to the fact that Britain has based its laws upon the Ten Commandments and Christian principles about free speech and freedom of conscience. John might not fare so well under Sharia law nor would his music be freely marketed under a Communist dictatorship.
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Ihan kuin joku yrittäisi istuttaa amerikkalaismallista hurskastelufundistelua tälle palstalle. Saahan sitä yrittää.
No nyt se tuli Totuuden kielellä from the Land of Freedom and Justice...
Kristinuskolla ei ole enää munaa uhkailla kansalaisia, jotka ovat liian koulutettuja ja lukutaitoisia uskoakseen heidän helvettiinsä. Valtiotkin ovat useimmissa länsimaissa kieltäneet uskonnolla uhkaamisen ja kiristämisen.
Mitä jää jäljelle krisseleille jotta kansa saadaan kaidalla krisselitiellä vaikka väkisin pysymään? Kirkon houkuttimet ovat loppuneet.
Nyt pitää sitten pelotella muslimeilla! Jos et heti rupea kristityksi (edes nimellisesti) niin paha muslimi tulee ja tappaa sinut!
Ehkä tuleekin. Näiden toisten uskovaisten suosiollisella myötävaikutuksella. Erilaiset sadistiset murhakuvat kiihottavat krisseleitä aina katolisista ja ortodoksisista marttyyreista alkaen.
Niin omalla henkilökohtaisella uskollahan ei ole mitään väliä?
Kunhan rekisteröidyt kristityksi (tilastot kaunistuvat) maksat kirkollisverosi (papiston tilitiedot kaunistuvat) ja pitäydyt rupeamsta muslimiksi.
Näin on kirkko tyytyväinen.
Voi Härregud ändå!
Olen ateisti ja poltan ajoittain tupakkaa, siis kuolen jonain päivänä. Kyllä nyt harmittaa, kun uskikset elävät ikuisesti. Ja tupakoimattomat.
Kumpi siis olisi helpompaa, lopettaa tupakointi vai ryhtyä idiootiksi? Ja minkä jengin idiootiksi? Kristitty, Islam, joidenkin vanhempien uskontojen muita versioita, mistä nuo kummatkin ovat alkaneet?
Ikuisen elämän saavuttaminen vaatii vastauksia vaikeisiin kysymyksiin. Sviddu.
Onko ateistit noin sokeita? Jutun pointti on siinä, että minkä nimissä on tapettu eniten ihmisiä? Teidän lempiväitteitähän on "uskonnon nimissä on tehty eniten pahaa"...
ellei sellaiseksi lasketa hihhulin yritystä pestä musta valkoiseksi.