The Barbarity of Christianity (as compared to Islam)

Gimme another dose of Yankee Doodle, as Hawkeye Pierce would probably say.Thing is, those noble words could just as well be used as a rallying call by the patriots--oops--terrorists of Iraq/Afghanistan.Coming home to a wife/husband and family slaughtered by either side won`t earn you an ally, no matter how many times you apologise. Or how just your cause.

Are you trying to tell me Coalition forces have NEVER killed families?I wouldn`t get too rapt in the idea of 'the lone super-power'. Super-powers come and go as the last couple of centuries have proven. The U.S. is scratching to keep up troop numbers as it is, national debt is reaching disturbing proportions, and the oil crisis showed the vulnerability of fuel supplies. Of course, you could let off all your nuclear weapons and live in a devastated planet, but who would be left to give you an attaboy? Wouldn`t it be better to stop meddling in other people`s affairs and try making friends for a change? That could mean disbanding the CIA, but then they never got Iraq right in the first place, did they?

Move over, Schraf. Matt 21:12/Mark 11:15 While not advocating violence, actions usually speak louder than words. Hardly non-violence.Matt. 10:34 While it may be a metaphorical statement, how would fundies understand the difference, let alone the meaning of metaphor?Luke 22:36 Arming those who weren`t carrying? And the aftermath as a result of carrying a sword? Not anticipated by Jesus?Matt 8:28-32/Mark 5:1-13/Luke 8:27-33 What is going on here, Buz? Gergesenes? Gadarenes? Two men? One man? All I can read is a pretty violent destruction of someone else`s property on a massive scale. And no compensation paid, either.I won`t go into the treatment of His mother and family as we don`t know the circumstances of the separation, but Jesus is hardly a role model with the barbs and sneers He directs their way.