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To: Jacob Snyder who wrote (85183)	11/9/2004 9:06:05 PM
From: frankw1900	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 793914

Hi, Jacob! Are you still a pacifist? Are you equating fascists with modern Baptists? Not nice, Jacob. frank@aetheistsrus.com

To: Jacob Snyder who wrote (85183)	11/10/2004 9:35:48 AM
From: carranza2	Respond to of 793914

Didn't realize that the Southern Baptists had a hard core of killer mujahadin left over from its Crusades in Afghanistan. Jacob, you are very confused. While Christianity had a bloody history, nowhere now does any reasonably influential Christian group follow any Old Testament proscriptions to kill enemies. Islam has a much, much bloodier history than Christianity. Islamic genocide was taking place as late as 1915. Bone up on the massacre of Armenians and the Muslim conquest of India, your eyes will be opened. Slavery is also lawful under Islam, and is currently being practiced in the Sudan by Muslims. It was "outlawed" in Mauritania in 1982, but the law is not enforced. There are lots of slaves in Saudi Arabia, though the practice is kept hushed. web.amnesty.org findarticles.com scaruffi.com We are talking about abject brutality which is religiously "lawful." secularislam.org Islam's writings make murder, rape, slavery, and a lot of other barbaric practices lawful. These practices are being implemented globally by a very large number of militants who are taking the Q'Uran and accompanying writings quite literally, as the Q'Uran requires. I'm not even going to start to talk about the incredible punishments imposed by Sharia for what civilized nations consider minor offenses. biblia.com This Islamic fundamentalist revival is the single most important political problem the globe faces. We are like ostriches with heads in the sand in this regard. As Will Durant said, "eternal vigilance is the price of civilization." For you to compare Christianity with Islam is incredible. And I'm not religious, simply a student of history. I admire pacifists, you are better people than I am, but I do not admire pacifists who are blind to dangers which appear quite obvious to me.