Fundamentalists (of all stripes) at it again (Re: Textbook Wars: Religion in History)

Please enlighten us on these instances. Are you referring to moslem Bosnians killing christian Serbians in Bosnia? I think the moslems had higher casualties. Are you referring to moslem Afghans killing christian Russians in Afghanistan? Casualties were probably against the Afghans. Are you referring to moslem Chechens killing christian Russians in Chechnia? Again I think the moslems suffered more casualties. Are you referring to moslem Iraqis killing christian Americans in Iraq? Again the moslems have suffered more casualties.Your assertion of millions of slaughtered christians need some more detail.

brennakimi, it is hard to know what randman is referring to. It does make one think that he is also attempting to rewrite history in his own religion's perspective - the case discussed in the op writ small.

Has anyone noticed the basic assumption in the Livingstone issue that nothing is known to exist until it is "discovered" by Western European civilization? Does this smell of cultural imperialism?Do we think that Victoria Falls were unknown to humans until they were "discovered" by a European and named? Did the east coast of Australia not exist in human knowledge until its discovery by Cook, despite being the home to hundreds of thousands of Aborigines at the time? Surely ancient Polynesian sailors should be acknowledged as the discoverers of the dispersed islands in the Pacific Ocean rather than the Europeans of modern history. They beat Van Diemen to New Zealand by a good 1,000 years.Should we be recognising the religious beliefs of the indigenous peoples who first occupied lands around the world? They would have more grounds for recognition than the religious of Johnny-come-latelies of Western Civilisation's christian missionaries.