Christianity stands for hate and intolerance. It always has and it always will. And just like there was no such thing as "good Nazis" and "bad Nazis", increasingly the secular U.S. population doesn't differentiate between "good Christians" and "bad Christians"....we simply see the Caucasian "Christians" as hateful, war-mongering, death-penalty-loving apologists for the most violent and corrupt political leadership regime in world history. As ironic and contradictory as it may sound, the people who most closely follow the alleged teachings and doctrines of Jesus Christ almost never label themselves as "Christians". The words "Christian" and "Christianity" are man-made terms, and history tells us they rarely have anything to do with the real teachings and beliefs of Jesus. Perhaps we need a new word for those who closely follow what Jesus really taught us...too much guilt-by-association surrounds the word "Christian" at this point for the few good Christians not to be tarnished by all the ugliness and violence committed by those who label themselves Christians.

You might wish to see my "Look down" post ...

There are plenty of folk who call themselves "Christian" and do not sign on to the hate messages. cf. http://www.fccb.org. Trouble is, they are usually thinking and debating while those that hate are busy doing things. As Adam Smith, the 18th century author of The Wealth of Nations and considered the originator of modern economics, once wrote, Virtue is more to be feared than vice, because its excesses are not subject to the regulation of conscience. I think it important to look beyond the sound bites and the media hot topics; to find and support the voices of sense and reason. That, unfortunately, imposes on us a burden - to be less lazy in our lives and our listening. May we learn and embrace that lesson soon.

There's always someone there who's going to try to force you to live your life by their rules. Yes, "Christian Fundementalists" in this country have gotten to the same point as radical Islamists. Don't believe me? Look into it. 99% of all cases of domestic terrorism come from Christian fundementalists. But, then there's someone like that idiot drlolipop who's going to tell you that you can't be Christian anymore, too. The important thing is living your life as a good person. If you're doing that you really can't go wrong. Asking yourself "What would Jesus do?" is as good a way as any. As soon as you try to force someone else to live their life your way it doesn't matter if you're radical Islamist, Christian fundementalist, or ignorant bleeding heart liberal, you are wrong.

Here's one source. The others should be easy enough to find using this. For your information, I use a slightly different definition of terrorism than the FBI does for this report. For my definition of terrorism there has to be intent to injure or kill people. And, I did 1996-2005 to have a nice even ten years. Feel free to compile the numbers again yourself and let us know if you come up with something different than 99%.

Any more questions jackass?

But it's pretty easy to find domestic terrorism statistics. http://www.fbi.gov
Hurry up with the 10 already.

Uh, let's review the progression here, shall we dumbass?

I post a fact.
You'd like to know the source.
I post the source.
You say you're not gunna look at the source because then you'll know you're wrong.

Idiot.

What "facts" did you post, btw? Oh, right, none. Stupid, stupid, stupid.

First of all, I do have a source for my statement that Christian Fundamentalists are not responsible for 99% of all domestic terrorism.

http://www.google.com

However, I'll not procede any further with this line of conversation:

Answer not a fool according to his folly, lest thou also be like unto him. Answer a fool according to his folly, lest he think himself wise in his own conceit. -Proverbs 24:4,5

The scripture calls us to balance these two. So far, I've answered you to avoid violating verse 5, however to continue this conversation much further would be violate verse 4.

-That's my thing, keeping the faith, baby-Joe Friday

The Screwtape Reports

That google compiles statistics on domestic terrorism. I would've sworn that was what the fbi's job. I guess it's pretty clear whose source is better for this subject... which would explain why you want to bail on this conversation. Here's a tip, rather than run away with your fingers in your ears shouting "lalalalala," grow up, admit your mistake, and try not to make the same mistake in the future.