<< The evil you attribute to the followers of God are actually evils carried out by evil men claiming to be acting for God to justify their actions. >>
No, they were probably inspired by passages such as these, of which there are many in the Bible.
Deuteronomy 10-18
" 10When thou comest nigh unto a city to fight against it, then proclaim peace unto it. And it shall be, if it make thee answer of peace, and open unto thee, then it shall be, that all the people that is found therein shall be tributaries unto thee, and they shall serve thee.
And if it will make no peace with thee, but will make war against thee, then thou shalt besiege it: And when the LORD thy God hath delivered it into thine hands, thou shalt smite every male thereof with the edge of the sword: But the women, and the little ones, and the cattle, and all that is in the city, even all the spoil thereof, shalt thou take unto thyself; and thou shalt eat the spoil of thine enemies, which the LORD thy God hath given thee. Thus shalt thou do unto all the cities which are very far off from thee, which are not of the cities of these nations.
16But of the cities of these people, which the LORD thy God doth give thee for an inheritance, thou shalt save alive nothing that breatheth:
But thou shalt utterly destroy them; namely, the Hittites, and the Amorites, the Canaanites, and the Perizzites, the Hivites, and the Jebusites; as the LORD thy God hath commanded thee: That they teach you not to do after all their abominations, which they have done unto their gods; so should ye sin against the LORD your God."
Isn't it neat how he lumps women, children and cattle together as the spoils of war? Did you notice that there are no Amorites, Canaanites, or Jebusites working at your 7-11?
<< The catholic church persecuted Martin Luther and Calvin when they challenged the power and authority of the catholic church by revealing the truth of the gospel once again. >>
And it was Martin Luther, who despised Jews and called for their eradication, that inspired Hitler to carry out his dream. It is really hard to decide which religion deserves the most admiration.
<< What about Janet Reno and this statement by her? Is this to be tolerated in our free society? >>
Why am I to answer what Janet Reno says? She was appointed by avowed Christian Bill Clinton. Oh, that's right. You probably disqualified him as a Christian.
<< But now we have the same problem again as our government has adopted secular humanism as a state religion and is trying to force that religion on all men. >>
More Rush nonsense. Our government is supposed to be neutral on religion, and the religious wrong are trying to redefine that as Secular Humanism. In reality our congresses are always started with a Christian prayer, aren't they. That is favoring one religion over another, which is something that our wise founding fathers were trying to avoid.
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