Christian Terrorism and Fear Mongering

It's odd, the day before this happened I got into an argument with this racist bitch that I work with, who was spouting off some bullshit about how she was worried about the birth rate of Muslims. I couldn't believe my ears. She basically insinuated that Muslims were reproducing at a fever pitch rate here in the U.S. as part of some conspiracy to take over the world. I quickly reminded her that there was a period of time, not long ago in this country, when WASPY fucks like her were saying the same thing about Catholics and Jews. She, like a lot of the small minded idiots I'm forced to subject myself to at my workplace, equates Muslim with terrorist. I reminded her (sharply) that there have been more Muslim victims of Muslim Extremism than there has ever been Christian. She turned pale and shut the fuck then. I think I'm going to throw that little pearl of a phrase (Christian Terrorist) out the next time the opportunity arises and maybe she'll shut the fuck up. I get so fucking sick of racial and religious bigotry in this world - it makes me hate the human race. You take a real hard look at the Koran and the Bible (I confess to have read more of the Koran than I have of the Bible, and I do consider myself a Christian) I have yet to find a single passage in the Koran that advocates initiating violence with anyone (initiating being the key word here) because they are a non-believer - And I have found ample evidence of tolerance of non-Christians in the Old and New Testament. None of this conflict can be justified by anything Mohammed or Jesus said, or did, or asked us to do - it's all petty ass human bickering and greed and perversion of these prophets' words for the gain of some ruthless mother fuckers.

I tell you what really makes me sick are these so-called Christian fundamentalists who like to going around saying that Jews killed Christ! Read your bible folks - nobody killed Christ - everything that happened to him was the will of God, right? So where do you get off blaming the Jews? I mean, if you really believe that Christ died for your sins - then you have no further than yourself to look for someone to blame for the death of Christ. Right?

 

These are from the site I quotes earlier which does place quotations from his manifesto online.








Hardy a religious extremist. Again, he is using religion as a facade for a political message. As the terroist says: pragmatism, not religiosity or faith is the Christian connection.
http://randallmelchert.com/2011/07/24/anders-behring-berivik-is-not-a-christian-fundamentalist/

 

Voltaire pretty much sums up what I think about this -

"Of all religions, the Christian should of course inspire the most tolerance, but until now Christians have been the most intolerant of all men."

What Jesus actually taught (and let's not forget how selectively the Catholic church chooses to portray that) couldn't be farther away from what is practised and preached by the vast majority of christians and their churches.

 

I was thinking about this at work today. Then I remembered that I'm actually related to someone who went to prison for Christian terrorism. I don't recall if he actually did the bombing or if he was innocent but gladly took the rap for another cell member. I'll have to ask my dad.

His county folks considered him a hero. While I can comprehend why they think that way... I still think that's pretty fucked.

 

Fortunately, there is no copyright, and no agreed authority to excommunicate anyone, although some Christians have claimed that often enough, notably during the Inquisition and in many churches today. Anybody and his dog can use the Christian label. Jesus told us we can tell the real from the phony by their fruits: the fruit that Bachmann and the Norwegian Templar are peddling make me gag.

I think Christianity went off the rails early on when the bishops climbed in bed with Emperor Constantine. The sin was compounded in this country when Falwell and Robertson got into bed with Emperors Reagan and G.W.. The example and teachings of the hippie Jesus give meaning to my life, but I recognize my view of Christianity is far different from "traditional" orthodoxy, with its emphasis on biblical inerrancy and belief in unbelievable doctrines. Fortunately, I've found good fellowship among mainline and Progressive Christians, with whom I'm in complete rapport, and a wonderful girl who shares my outlook. If you want to experience true Christianity, go to one of the gatherings of the Rainbow Family, whose members have a forum on this site. That's as close as it comes to my idea of what Jesus' Christianity was about; and most of them don't even consider themselves Christian. If the Christian rightwingers are raptured, as they expect to be, I envision them going to the great gathering in the sky, where they'll sit down and share a simple meal with toothless, bathless homeless people; hippies; disabled veterans; mental patients; drug addicts; gays;prostitutes--people of all races, colors, creeds, and walks of life--and it will be Heaven; but they'll probably think it's Hell.

 

I dunno. I think Christianity went off it's rails when Saul got heat-stroke and thought it was a revelation.

 

That,too.

 

for as long as people continue to misinterpret christian teachings then christian terrorism is going to continue. this isn't a flaw in the fundamentals of christianity, it is a flaw in man. this is why it can be seen in every form of religion or nationality. so how does man overcome his selfish fear? well we are a long fucking way off from that.

 

Are you seriously arguing that these are [the] fundamentals of Christianity? Give me a break.

This is her "fundamentalist" list in context: (my emphasis)

This is not fundamentalist. Fundamentalists adhere to a strict literalism, often dispensationalist, anti-Catholic, highly evangelical Christianity.

Extremist Christians often will be fundamentalist but distort the Scripture to fit extreme political views as well.

Brooks Thistlethwaite also cautions against overblowing the Christian connection. something I think should be taken to heart. After reading more excerpts from this lunatics Manifesto, yes I would agree with you that his version of cultural Christianity is important to investigate--however it is not enough to lynch 2 Billion people for the extremist religio-political actions.

 

Do you ever think you might be using the same methodology that Islamaphobes use to show that all Muslims are dangerous--which would put you in the same camp with the Templar? The examples you've strung together are so extreme I've never seen anything like them before in my part of the country (the Buckle of the Bible Belt), which would suggest they might not be that common. I don't know of any Christians who come close to those views. They're all non-violent, gay accepting, evolution believing, Muslim embracing folks who try to help the poor and outcasts of society. It's disturbing to us, as it must be to Muslims, to see the extent to which un-Christian right wing fanatics have made headway in leading people to believe they're Christians--and the only Christians.