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There's no such thing as a Christian army anymore, dude, and there hasn't been for a long time (if ever, really). And religions are not at war with each other; all of this is an illusion to cover up the reality that war is and has always been a power game. What I was "on about" was...

Because they forget so easily. ;) Come on, Europe, you know it's true. :p I think "Let the $#*& fly!!" would be much more appropriate, actually :)

I'm not sure that you meant it to, but this exactly proves the point I was making. According to this professor, the popes (who are political as well as spiritual leaders) who called for crusades motivated people to join them by rationalizing the war as just, and by promising them forgiveness of...

Don't worry, Brian; Thomas isn't the only one who thinks that you and Victor are nuts ;):p Just kidding, of course. Let me keep it simple: Paul did not write his letters with the intention of getting them into the Bible, like it was some sort of Reader's Digest contest or something. Paul...

Oh, I read plenty. Actually, I know all about the so-called "Peasant Crusade," and was waiting for it to come up. Well, Holysmoke's argument is that Christians use what Paul said as a way to rationalize their involvement in state-sponsored genocide. As the "peasant crusade" (if you want to...

Nice analogy. I can see what you mean, and to an extent I definitely agree with you. As a Christian, I know many other Christians who object to Islam and Judaism (particularly Islam because it's so pop culture to have an opinion these days) for no logical reason; simply because they are not...

So let me get it straight: Christian peasant farmers and rural labourers dropped what they were doing and lined up to join the Crusades? Ummmmm, history says you're wrong, dude. It was the ARMIES led by the MONARCHS and the POPE who did the crusading. Peasants tended to be CONSCRIPTED under the...

What Jesus said about Hell is unclear, Q. When he said that it's better to be without a hand than to have your whole body thrown into Hell, did he mean that Hell was the sentence for sinners when they die, or that it is the final judgment at the end of the age as described in Revelation? It's...

Hi Muslimwoman. While I understand the point you are trying to make (i.e. that Muslims, Christians, and Jews do all share some basic common ground), I feel your approach is too simple. For example, if I was to ask you the following questions, how would you answer: Were you created by God...

I'm not twisting anything, dear, and it's not my fault if the truth stings. Of course the easy answer is to just throw up your hands and say that I've twisted your words, but what words did I twist, exactly? Do you not in fact believe that Jesus is not the son of God, but rather the son of...

I'm not twisting anything, dear, and it's not my fault if the truth stings. Of course the easy answer is to just throw up your hands and say that I've twisted your words, but what words did I twist, exactly? Do you not in fact believe that Jesus is not the son of God, but rather the son of...

Ah yes, the ever-popular and completely oversimplistic version of history where the evil Christians took over the world. Come on, H, do you really expect me to believe that the average Christian peasant had anything to do with the colonization of South America, considering that in their time...

Though I understand the sentiment, Tao, I think that this idea is absurd. As a high school teacher who has years of experience teaching both in regular settings and in alternative education (basically, classes for kids who have been expelled from regular high schools), I can say with complete...

Like I said, it's semantics. If we want to be uberliteral with the KJV, then technically Jesus died for Satan too. He also died for plants and lichen and moss, none of which have ever sinned. Or else Jesus died for believers around the world. It's just my thoughts, and I don't really have much...

I think you've been reading too much Dan Brown, H! If you believe in the Bible, then you'll know that the Bride never was an institutional church, but rather a congregation of millions of individual souls who have found forgiveness through Christ. Force all the connections you can between...