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To: neolib who wrote (128653)	7/30/2005 11:36:30 PM
From: unclewest	Respond to of 793782

The difference is the US government did not rush in to crush them at that time. Instead, IIRC it was decades later before a trial resulted in the execution of one Mormon. The Mormon church to this day dances around the issue, for obviously painful reasons. The real difference is the Mormons did not vow to kill all Christians, kill all Jews and kill all Americans. And the Mormons never executed a 9/11 plan. The Muslims militant extremists have. And Rajneesh did similar in his own way...including attacking innocents. added. Rahneesh did not just appear here. He developed a huge American following throughout the 70s in India long before before moving here.

To: neolib who wrote (128653)	7/31/2005 12:03:12 AM
From: D. Long	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 793782

It damn well was religiously motivated That's a pretty thin and tenuous line you're pulling. The Mormons were religious, the settlers were threatening the Mormons, hence the massacre was religiously motivated. Pretty bad reasoning. The massacred settlers were taunting Mormons along the trail, boasting that the US Army was right behind them and pretty soon they'd get theirs. How's that for a non-religious motivation? In contrast, the Muslim fanatics that encourage and carry out terrorists attacks believe their acts are not merely justified but mandated by their religion. Derek