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To: Tenchusatsu who wrote (354096)	10/8/2007 3:19:34 PM
From: bentway	Respond to of 1577984

To my way of thinking, any religion that needs to be sold like a vaccumn cleaner door to door isn't worth buying.

To: Tenchusatsu who wrote (354096)	10/9/2007 11:52:27 PM
From: tejek	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1577984

Ted, > What does carrying weapons have to do with extreme thinking or attitudes? Here's the problem. You think that because the Taliban considered the Christian missionaries "extremist," the fact that the missionaries went to Afghanistan makes them not very peaceful at all. Of course, the Taliban see the Christians as extremists.....and blasphemers. Why does that surprise you? It's the mindset that says, "All viewpoints are valid, and we have no business telling others whether they are right or wrong." No, that's what you are trying to turn it into........I am saying why go into a country where the natives perceive you as the enemy? It doesn't matter how peaceful you are.....you are still the enemy. Of course, people who hold this mindset hypocritically tell Christians that they are wrong and that their viewpoint isn't valid. Oh, you poor Christian.....so misunderstood. Ten, get off your high horse. No one is victimizing you. Just like what you are doing right now. And stop projecting. My viewpoint is that the Christian missionaries are peaceful and should be defended as such. You attack them on the basis of what the Taliban thinks, which lends validity to a group that wants to see YOU dead. How does that make sense? It doesn't make any sense.......and its not what I was saying. I am not defending the Taliban or giving them validity. They are assholes.....why would I do that? What I am saying is that it was stupidly arrogant for the Koreans to go into Afghanistan seeking converts. Stop trying to look for a deeper meaning behind my words......it will just muddy up the waters and confuse you.