Quote from a wiser man than me.

[uberreiniger]

"Conservative Christian murders 80+ in Norway. If this guy was muslim, we'd be in the middle of another round 'Islam is a religion of violence' commentators being paraded across television. Of course, since he was a christian, he's just a nut.

The elephant in the room that no one's talking about is that if Islam is a religion of violence, so is christianity..."

Comments

[adele87.livejournal.com]

The one thing I like about Judaism is you don't hear stories about Jews blowing things up....or at least I haven't.

[triadruid.livejournal.com]

Eh, they did plenty of sacking and burning back in the good old days.

[adele87.livejournal.com]

Heh.

I think the Jews, Christians and Muslims are all basically worshiping the same God....I think they should all just be nice to each other.

Just my .02

[lucretiasheart.livejournal.com]

They worship the same violent god-- who tricked them into turning on one another as well as everyone else. How about that?

[uberreiniger.livejournal.com]

Harsh.

[lucretiasheart.livejournal.com]

The desert God totally is, I agree! =^D

[rosehiptea.livejournal.com]

That's been exactly what's happened with Christian terrorists in the U.S., so yes.

(And yeah, Jews have done our share of... whatever you want to name... so I'm definitely not exempting us.)

[gothicbeauty21.livejournal.com]

Crusades, Spanish Inquisition...yeah, Christians would never kill in the name of God.


No one's talking about it because Amy Winehouse is the newest member of the 27 Club.

[uberreiniger.livejournal.com]

It occurs to me I've still never heard an Amy Winehouse song. Her untimely death doesn't make me want to rush out and experience one either.

[gothicbeauty21.livejournal.com]

I'm sure you've heard 'Rehab'. It'd be next to impossible for you to have not heard it.

[redstar826.livejournal.com]

Hell, commenters on yahoo's story about this (yes, I know, it is yahoo) were still going on about how they hated those scary Muslims this morning, even on a story that made it pretty damned clear this had nothing to do with Islam.

[uberreiniger.livejournal.com]

I can't look at the comments on a Yahoo story anymore. It's too depressing.

[redstar826.livejournal.com]

a wise choice

[celesma.livejournal.com]

What a horrible story. I can't believe anyone would be so willing to twist/defy their own religion like this. Especially since most of the victims were children.

[lucretiasheart.livejournal.com]

I believe all the desert religions are inherently violent and worthless. Good people can change this to continue being good, but the religions themselves don't create it, I think you pretty much have to be good DESPITE them if you follow them.

But I'm severely biased.

And gnostic-pagan.

=^)

[styxx374]

Good quote.