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[–] purevoice 1 point 1 point 2 points (+2|-1) ago
cite examples and also prove that they are christians. u dont expect someone who walks into a mall and shoot at people for no reason to be a christian. do u even know who a christian is? a christian is a follower of christ who walks in the ways of jesus. u cant tag a follower of christ to be a killer. only sinners kill people
[–] RaiFighter ago
That's called the No True Scotsman fallacy. It doesn't matter if someone killing in the name of Christ is a "true" Christian or not. From his perspective, the non-violent Christians are the sinners.
All your argument there does is lead you in circles.
[–] purevoice ago
no there has to be valid proof for the argument to be solid. this isnt philosophy
[–] Eunideen 1 point 0 points 1 point (+1|-1) ago
The most famous example of a christian terrorist organization is the Klu Klux Klan; they are still around, very christian, and 50 years ago they were lynching and shooting people to scare them out of the civil rights movement. That's terrorism.
In 2014 several massacres were carried out in the Central African Republic by Anti-Balaka groups. They massacred muslims, foreced them to convert, and according to some reports, cannibalized them. From February to May 2014 the number of muslims in Bangui dropped from 138000 to 900.
The NSCN, located in India, is another christian organization that is classified as a terrorist organization. Their ultimate goal is to establish a sovereign state based on socialism and baptist christian beliefs with a theocratic government in northern India and Burma. They reportedly carried out the ethnic cleansing of kuki tribes in 1992, in which over 900 people were killed. They have also been known to kidnap, assassinate, extort, and forcibly convert non-christians in northern India.
The Army of God is an american christian terrorist organization that has been active since 1981. They have kidnapped and assassinated doctors, as well as carrying out larger scale attacks. They have claimed responsibility for the 1997 nail bombings of two abortion clinics and a gay bar in Atlanta. In 1993, after an attempted assassination of George Tiller, police found an "Army of God Manual" which contained instructions on arson, chemical attacks, invasions, and bombings. They have also taken responsibility for many other bombings, arsons, and shootings since then.
In 1996 three men- Charles Barbee, Robert Berry and Jay Merelle -bombed two banks, a newspaper, and a planned parenthood in Washington State. They called themselves the Phineas Priests, and claimed that God wanted them to carry out the attacks to ascend the Aryan Race.
In November 2015, Robert Lewis Dear carried out the Colorado Springs Planned Parenthood shooting. It resulted in the death of three people, and injury to nine.
As you can see there are many examples of christian terrorism, and it continues around the world today. Many christians will claim that these terrorists are not "real christians" because they commit acts of violence, but the same argument could be made by any religion. It's a logical fallacy called the "No True Scotsman" fallacy.
As for a comparison of the sacred scriptures and holy books of Islam and Christianity, they both contain massive amounts of violence and morals that do not hold up today as well as passages about peace, love, and prosperity.
I'm not saying Islam is all good and peaceful, I'm saying that every religion has terrorists, and the entire group should not be judged by their terrorists.