Why do so many people feel they have to post their uninformed, irrational and unsubstantiated opinions on here

Question

If you are one of said idiots, please don’t respond unless you can
: provide specific examples of Christian terrorism in the last two hundred years even remotely comparable to the Muslim variety now being practiced.
: show at least one example of a group of people stopping an opposing group, who is actively engaged in violence against them, by using compassion and understanding
: provide official military orders directing US service members to kill innocent people. Or a video of a member of the US military or government official gloating over suicidal attacks on market places and houses of worship by US citizens and promising more.
: provide a word for word transcript of the conversation between the US and Mexico that would result in less illegal immigration without building a fence.
There, that should keep most of the ignorant out. I can repost later after I find out who slipped through the cracks :)

Answer 1

Now tell us what you REALLY think. lol

Answer 2

I think it's hilarious that you post this - and then provide no evidence to back your own opinions.

but, to prove you wrong, I'll due a couple of these for you:

1) Eric Rudolph & Tim McVeigh - claim to be Christian (170 dead); The Lord's Army in Burma - Christian separatists (at least 1000 dead); the Lord's Resistance Army - Christian in Uganda wanting to establish a nation based on the 10 Commandments (20,000 - 30,000 dead). There are more.

2) Uh...Ghandi...have you heard of him? The Brits killed quite a few Indians, and they overcame oppression without violence. Oh, and Blacks in the South. MLK's followers won Civil Rights with non-violence, and they were frequently killed for their efforts by white racists.

3) While there is no evidence of orders to kill civilians, there is evidence of authorizations of torture from the White House.

4) That's a bit of an extreme request. Plus, you can't transcribe a conversation until it happens. The proper word you're looking for is "script" a future conversation.

Does that make me an idiot?

Answer 3

I'll answer two....

provide specific examples of Christian terrorism in the last two hundred years even remotely comparable to the Muslim variety now being practiced.

Ethnic cleansing in Bosnia during the mid 1990s started as mass expulsions of civilians. It escalated to include internment in concentration camps, mass executions, rapes, etc. There was a clear policy by the Orthodox Serbs "to exterminate Muslim Bosnians as a group..." Their actions were generally considered to be genocide. A Serbian Orthodox priest in Mission Viejo who keeps in close touch with the monks and nuns at the ancient Decani monastery in Kosovo" said "We cannot give up Kosovo, because it is the Serbian Jerusalem. The birthright of the Serbian Orthodox Church is in Kosovo and must remain there as part of Serbia."

"show at least one example of a group of people stopping an opposing group, who is actively engaged in violence against them, by using compassion and understanding"

"Gandhi felt Indians needed more discipline and had to understand that they were not out to punish the British, but to expose the cruelty and evil behind their discrimination and tyranny. As much as liberating India, he hoped to reform the British, see them as friends and break the back of racism and colonialism across the world." Following Gandhi's path, India did gain independance from Great Britian in 1947.

The rest of your questions are ridiculous.

Answer 4

The answer to your initial question is; uninformed, irrational, and unsubstantiated is all the average American has. They don't read, they don't think, so how could they possibly know anything or posit an intelligent viewpoint?

The rest of your questions have easy answers;
1. There aren't any.
2. There aren't any.
3. There aren't any.
4. There isn't one (not a realistic one, anyway). I suppose I could suggest, "Hey Mexico, let your people know that the next person, and every person thereafter, who illegally steps foot on our soil will be shot between the eyes - no warning, no shoot to wound, no mercy." But that assumes actual physical control of our border - which we do not have.

I like your questions. They should be quite confusing to the tinfoil hat crowd.

Answer 5

I think you fail to understand one thing: this forum represents a cross section of ALL walks of life. It is much like walking down any main street in the world while randomly blurting out questions expecting the perfect answer out of everyone. Well, guess you figured out that that is not happening. You will just have to suck it up, take the good with the bad, figure out which is which and live with the rest.
No reason to get condescending, just because you happen to think that no ones opinions are worth as much as yours. We all have a right to voice our thoughts and ideas and this can be a great way of doing so.
Naturally, you'll have to ignore those children on Summer break that are just here out of boredom and those that are just logging on to annoy people.
So, long story short, if this forum is not intellectually satisfying to you, find another. Hey, you could possibly ride your high horse to get there. Have a nice life!

Answer 6

Whoops! I slipped through that crack, but I do have a master's degree, so don't call me ignorant. Christians are Crusaders, not terrorists, and they last existed in the 12th century. The crusaders were motivated by greed, arrogance and ignorance. Eventually the Muslims expelled the Crusaders from the holy lands, but they had a man of great intelligence, wisdom, and reason to lead them.

Today, no such person exists in the Muslim world who can be trusted to lead, so Muslim radicals have reduced themselves to ignoble terrorist activities of the lowliest manner, and most muslims agree that current terrorist activities are acceptable. It is, indeed a sorry state of affairs, but Muslims place all of their faith in the interpretions of their religious leaders, and since they believe in nothing, they will continue to accept what is being foisted upon them.

We are just beginning to fight this nasty war, but we will win.

Answer 7

It is sad that you think anyone who disagrees with you is an idiot.
That said - Christian terrorism in the last 200 years - look at our own history. We forced the native Americans to give up their worship, their language, their lifestyle - all in the name of "Converting the Savages" to Christianity.The Christian government would not allow them freedom of religion. Look what we did to the Hawains - same thing. It was in the name of Christianity that the Nazis slaughtered thousands of Jews.
I am Christian, but I've taken off my rose-colored glasses. We have a long history of violence and self-righteous attitudes

Answer 8

you are having trouble with the world the way it is. Have you even been to any country besides the states? If so , you would understand why the USA is protecting itself. have you been outside the states? only to return and find your hometown is now a ghetto? I am all for LEGAL immigration, ILLEGAL immigration is a problem. Have you worked with muslim immigrants that want to force islam down your throat? sorry but ive been there and done that. Id like to visit the states agin but it is too full of NUTS

Answer 9

Most political statements by "the people" are emotionally charged and this naturally leads to irrational and unsubstantiated opinions. They are uniformed because politicians and special interest groups manipulate them with emotion charged statements.

People are easy to manipulate politically because of confirmation bias which arises unconsciously and is emotionally driven. See the July 2006 Scientific American article "The Political Brain".

Answer 10

Neddie Do you even know the meaning of the word "fiscal"?
I think she's proved her point.


G-P you are misinformed. Hitlers actions against jews had nothing to do with christianity and he did not claim it did. Hitler was pure secularist. What was done to native Americans was not done on the basis of Christianity. Not to say that individuals claiming Christianity weren't involved, but no one representing the Christian faith set out to persecute American Indians claiming Christian doctrine as justification.

Answer 11

Call me ignorant, but unless I'm mistaking during 1939 and 1945 hundreds of catholic priests forced young man too join up with the German occupant in Europe, thus contributing too the genocide during that same war.