Can Christians be terrorists too??

Question

Timothy McVeigh was a Christian. The IRA was an Irish terrorist organizations who killed thousands by blowing up public busses and they were Christians.

Are we monitoring churches to look for terrorist activity?

Answer 1

Yes 'we' are but don't tell anyone. I may cause nation wide outrage.

Answer 2

A terrorist that claims to be a Christian would not be a true Christian.

Timothy McVeigh was not a Christian, he was a psychopath.

The IRA was a political group that used Christianity to justify it's brutal acts, but their main agenda was freeing Northern Ireland from the British. Their way was obviously not the way to go about pursuing their agenda, did more damage than good to their "cause", and was certainly not Christian.

I'm sure someone will bring up the KKK, the Neo-Nazis, and Hitler in regards to this question so here are some facts-

The KKK, the Neo-Nazis and other like groups are not Christian organizations. They are occultists, and have been denounced by all legitimate Christian denominations. These groups are not just anti-Black, they are also anti-Jew and anti-Catholic. Burning crosses is a sacrilegious act, and Christianity does not teach bigotry, Anti-Semitism, white supremacy, or self hate.

Hitler was not a Christian. I wish people would stop making this erroneous claim. Along with killing millions of Jews, the Nazis also killed millions of Catholics and other Christians. Adolf Hitler was an occultist who was greatly inspired by both Friedrich Nietzsche and Charles Darwin. Nietzsche, a known anti-Semite, claimed that God was dead, and that humans had advanced beyond the need for God. Darwin claimed, in "The Origin of the Species" that people of color, Jews, and women in general, were not as evolved as white men. These are the philosophies embraced by both the KKK and the Neo-Nazis. There is nothing Christian about these philosophies.

All legitimate Christian denominations denounce such activity and belief as non-Christian. However, I don't hear Muslims doing the same in regard to Muslim extremists. It would put a lot of suspicion and hatred to bed if they would.

I haven't heard of any "fundamentalist" Christians blowing up Muslims or Jews. But I do hear almost every day of fundamentalist Muslims blowing up Jews and Christians.

One more thing, this is how the Crusades started- Christian pilgrims traveling to the Holy Land were being massacred by the Arabs there. The king of France sent knights to protect those pilgrims. The Arab attacks continued and the situation elevated into a full scale war.

Answer 3

Sure. The Crusaders were basically terrorists who used their beliefs as an excuse to hurt people. The KKK? I'm sure most of them were Southern Baptists or something.I don't think it's really churches that should be monitored. (This is my opinon.) I wouldn't think a church as a whole would become a terrorist organization. But a violent organization should be monitored. It's not really the faith that's the problem. The faith is used as an excuse.
People who call themselves Christians but are terrorists may not be viewed as Christians, because they can blow up people or something.. But that may just be one thing they are mislead on. They may be a spectacular person and Christian, but for some reason they think they are called to do something awfull. Take John Whatsisface before the Civil War who thought he was the second coming of Jesus Christ. He murdered several pro-slavery people. But he was probably a good Christian. (If not a mislead or misinformed one.)

Answer 4

Anybody can be a terrorist, regardless of origin, ethnicity, or religious affiliation.

However, the reality is that today's biggest threat is Islamofascist terrorism. Other religions have shown substantially less tendencies to committ terror acts on innocent civilians, mostly because they live in free societies and not dictatorial Islamic regimes that have conditioned their people for hate through force and oppression. Islamic terror must be dealt with. It must be eradicated.

For those who believe that the extremist element in Islam is small, the numbers are staggering. There are 1.2 billion Muslims in this world. Lets take a very liberal view that only a very small percentage of Muslims are exterme, while the rest of the Muslim world is very peaceful. So if only 10% of Muslims have extreme point of views, and may be a threat, and must be dealt with, meaning dealing with 120 million Muslims! How about 1%? Then you must deal with 12 million Muslims. How about 1/10 of a percent? Then you must deal with 1.2 million Muslims. The numbers are staggering! How do you propose dealing with even the "very low" figures of 1.2 million Muslim extremists?

It would be to the benefit of the World to rid of Hezbollah, Hamas, the Syrian, Iranian regime, and any other Islamofascist groups. It must be done to finally have a chance for peace in the region and the rest of the world.

Answer 5

Terrorism is not linked to any religion, because it is forbidden in all religions, whether Islam or Christianity. Often some religious groups (or who think they are religious) are behind terrorist attacks, because they understand religion in a wrong way. The main problem is that many Muslims and Christians understand what comes in holy books (Bible or Quraan) wrong, and it often leads to terrorism, but if u ask any ordinary Christian or Muslim, u will find none encouraging this kind of act. For example, we have Muslims' Jihad, it was originally meant to defent Muslim teritories, and the true meaning of the arabic word is DEFEND ISLAM! See how they have turned its meaning to KILL INNOCENT PEOPLE!

Answer 6

You had to travel back in time quite a ways to find an American Christian terrorist. They are as rare as hen's teeth.

The IRA?

Absolutely a terrorist organization. I absolutely hate those people. But that had less to do with religion than with territory and control of the government.

The Christian bible teaches love of your fellow man. It does not advocate violence. Violence except for self defense is a sin.

The Koran teaches something else.

Answer 7

Timothy Mc was not a Christian he studied and lived by the Old Testament He was no different that A Muslim or any other Religious Cult, A christian does not Store up Guns and have Sex with Children. Just because some one claims to be a Christian it does not mean they are. "Try the Spirits"

Answer 8

Yup. In addition to your examples above, you can ask some women who have been the victims of violent actions at clinics where abortions are performed. You are correct to question as you do the other side of a matter when the Dumyabots use a label to justify an action that could not be otherwise justified.

Answer 9

It doesn't matter what religion you are, if you do the things those people did then you're a terrorist. Christians aren't too good to be terrorists.

Answer 10

Yes we do keep an eye on certain "christian" groups, militias, the KKK and the like. Although unlike Islamic terrorists ours stay here. You don't see the KKK going to Africa?

Answer 11

Yes , they have , and are . Look at the people that have killed Doctors , in the name of Christianity . Why is one life greater then another . Makes no sense to me