The reason the statute of limitations hasn't run out is because there are still people who would be happy to kill in the name of christianity. (Scott Roeder is one example.)
Isolated individuals do not a religious movement make.
That would be like saying that environmentalism is a bloody religion because the Unabomber killed three people and maimed many others.
BTW, lest you think that environmentalism isn't a religion, tell that to the British judge who recently ruled that an employee couldn't be fired for his views on global warming, because they constituted a "belief" under the 2003 Religion and Belief Regulations.
There are an estimated 2.1 billion Christians in the world today. What percentage of them kill in the name of their religion? Among them, what percentage are using Christianity as a justification or simply because they're nuts?
"And in the United States, environmentalism has not been declared a religion by any judge (or anyone else)."
Not directly, but in the 1961 decision Torasco v. Watkins, (Footnote 11), the U.S.Supreme Court ruled the following:
"Among religions in this country which do not teach what would generally be considered a belief in the existence of God are Buddhism, Taoism, Ethical Culture, Secular Humanism and others." [Emphasis added]
Most people wouldn't think of secular humanism as a "religion." Could the "others" include environmentalism, or even (gasp!) atheism?
I belive the majority of christians (and muslims) have always been peaceful. But that hasn't kept both religions from having a bloody past that continues to this day. Both the Bible and the Koran can be used to justify anything.
And no, atheism is not a religion. It is simply the lack of belief in a god. It has no rules and no dogma.
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From the thought-provoking blog Ex-Christian.net.
and people want to know why as a pagan I hate Saint Patrick and hate to celebrate it..kilt pagans by the butt load he did.
ReplyDeleteAfter more than 700 years, shouldn't there be a statute of limitations?
ReplyDeleteThe reason the statute of limitations hasn't run out is because there are still people who would be happy to kill in the name of christianity. (Scott Roeder is one example.)
ReplyDeleteIsolated individuals do not a religious movement make.
ReplyDeleteThat would be like saying that environmentalism is a bloody religion because the Unabomber killed three people and maimed many others.
BTW, lest you think that environmentalism isn't a religion, tell that to the British judge who recently ruled that an employee couldn't be fired for his views on global warming, because they constituted a "belief" under the 2003 Religion and Belief Regulations.
Here's a link to the Reuters story.
Roeder is only one of many.
ReplyDeleteAnd in the United States, environmentalism has not been declared a religion by any judge (or anyone else).
"Roeder is only one of many."
ReplyDeleteThere are an estimated 2.1 billion Christians in the world today. What percentage of them kill in the name of their religion? Among them, what percentage are using Christianity as a justification or simply because they're nuts?
"And in the United States, environmentalism has not been declared a religion by any judge (or anyone else)."
Not directly, but in the 1961 decision Torasco v. Watkins, (Footnote 11), the U.S.Supreme Court ruled the following:
"Among religions in this country which do not teach what would generally be considered a belief in the existence of God are Buddhism, Taoism, Ethical Culture, Secular Humanism and others." [Emphasis added]
Most people wouldn't think of secular humanism as a "religion." Could the "others" include environmentalism, or even (gasp!) atheism?
I belive the majority of christians (and muslims) have always been peaceful. But that hasn't kept both religions from having a bloody past that continues to this day. Both the Bible and the Koran can be used to justify anything.
ReplyDeleteAnd no, atheism is not a religion. It is simply the lack of belief in a god. It has no rules and no dogma.