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Bad religious figures?

Malus 12:9

Malus 12:9

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Well from what the Islam members have said, many people believe that Islam is bad because of people like Osama. Is there any other "religious figures" that have given people a bad impression of religions?
 
James the Persian

James the Persian

Dreptcredincios Crestin
Well I can certainly think of some. How long a list do you want? The important thing is to realise that usually such people are not representative of the religion they claim to follow. I would try, then, to separate the person from the faith and not judge the latter by the example of the former.

James
 
Malus 12:9

Malus 12:9

Temporarily Deactive.
The important thing is to realise that usually such people are not representative of the religion they claim to follow
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I know. But nontheless, Bin Laden is not true Islam. List all you want.
 
James the Persian

James the Persian

Dreptcredincios Crestin
OK. A pretty vile Protestant I can think of would be Oliver Cromwell, a Uniate (Eastern Rite Catholic) would be Josaphat Kuntsevich, a Roman Catholic would be Archbishop Stepinac (Torquemada wasn't a particularly savoury character either). I think Rev. Iain Paisley gives his brand of Protestantism a bad name - he's not exactly tolerant. There were a couple of Tibetan monks who engaged in some quite vicious murders of Buddhists from a rival school (can't remember the names) a few years back. There was the Hindu holy man who was recently arrested on murder charges. Islam has characters like bin Laden and Zarqawi and I'm pretty sure you can find awful people in all religions. An Orthodox one might be someone like Arkan or Karadzic, though I'm unsure exactly how religious they were/are.

James
 
Green Gaia

Green Gaia

Veteran Member
At risk of angering the Presbyterians, I would say John Calvin for his role in the execution the physician Michael Servetus who was burned at the stake for his anti-Trinitarian and anti-paedobaptism ideas.
 
michel

michel

Administrator Emeritus
Staff member
Maize said:
Fred Phelps and his Westboro Baptist church.
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Quite; the list is endless - as James said, I think the crux of the matter lies in the fact that what influenced the religious leaders was most likely not directly religion - related.
 
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dan

Well-Known Member
Pretty much all the popes. Well, up until the eighteenth or nineteenth century when they stopped murdering people.
 
Kowalski

Kowalski

Active Member
Maize said:
At risk of angering the Presbyterians, I would say John Calvin for his role in the execution the physician Michael Servetus who was burned at the stake for his anti-Trinitarian and anti-paedobaptism ideas.
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Sir Thomas Moore burnt Anti Catholics at the stake, and the Roman:eek: church made him a Saint, you couldn't make it up.

Cheers

K
 
cardero

cardero

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Jim Jones

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