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Those are rounding errors if you compare with the 30 year war, the Huguenots or what Cromwell did on Ireland... Or that the total non Muslim population is bein
by berntb 10y ago
Those are rounding errors if you compare with the 30 year war, the Huguenots or what Cromwell did on Ireland...
Or that the total non Muslim population is being forced out of the Middle East right now!
The Central African Republic was revenge for what a Muslim militia did -- "Those evil groups are taking revenge in the same way we did to them!" Seriously... that is the worst you have? :-)
From your own article: "... the former Muslim rebels, known as Seleka, who carried out deadly attacks on Christians after they grabbed power in March, prompting the birth of Christian militias called the anti-balaka, or “anti-machete” in the local Sango language. The armed vigilantes have used the power vacuum to step up assaults on Muslims."
And civil wars have always been incredibly horrible and dirty. The Balkans were also more ethnic than anything else -- and not exactly one sided either. :-(
According to Wikipedia, that Indian group had less than a thousand members. In total. That is a joke, compared to European history. (Or what goes on in Pakistan and Afghanistan today, for that matter. Check percentage Hindu of the population of Pakistan and Bangladesh over the last 50 years; it is not only the Middle East.)
- nl 10y agoI'm confused what point you think you are making? Religion = bad, yes I agree. Some magical quality of Christianity makes it better somehow? I disagree.
- berntb 10y agoSorry, being a day late -- the point I'm trying to make is that we pulled the claws and fangs out of our priests in the west. It was not a nice experience, but now it is done. Globally, at least the Catholics are heavily influenced by the West, too. We just need to guard against a recurrence of the bad old days and the Islamists. My point, to put it another way, isn't that Christianity is nice -- my point is that those clowns are relatively harmless today, compared to history and the Islamists.
- fit2rule 10y agoAnd you are incorrect. There are insane Christians who want more than ever to usher in the 'new era of Christ' by bringing their Armageddon down upon us all. Those people should not be part of the US Military-Industrial complex, nor should these extremists be allowed access to power. However, they are in power today.
- berntb 10y agoThere are crazies of all religions. But to go from that to your claims about US (I assume?) need really good references. I'd say the Obama time contradicts your claims. The intervention in Syria for example, was just symbolical -- despite systematic torture, bombing of civilians and repeated chemical attacks that resulted in hundreds of thousands dead. The problem wasn't exactly too much spoiling for trouble... As I noted above, 8 dead in total over decades from the abortion clinic violence. That is a slow Tuesday morning in the muslim world. :-) :-(