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Yeah, no. All the nastiness in Islam was learned from Christianity and found in the Jewish texts in the first place. Once Christianity got into power in the ancient world, it destroyed Classical civilization and persecuted the polytheistic religions almost to death. I know what Christians did to my religious ancestors and their once glorious civilization.
You know if one wants to hate on Christianity then all they have to do is look for transgressions and unfair practices throughout history by certain individuals or bishops or popes or sects within.
You do realize that Mormonism is a sect of Christianity? That their god is your god? Surely you also know that your book is full of examples of what your god hates, who he kills or commands to be killed, and that you should both hate and oppose other religions?
You seem to believe that humans are depraved as a rule without Christianity. Ironic, since the polytheists tended to view the Christians as a depraved, anti-human mob full of hubris. Education, science and medicine existed before Christianity and Christianity has gone to great lengths to destroy, obstruct or weaken those things. It's only when Christianity has been weakened or reined in that those things flourish.
The world has rarely been "kind", but it has been cultured. Much more cultured before the arrival of Christianity and its imperialistic cultural genocide of native cultures and their folkways. Yes, I do see the Abrahamic religions as mostly malevolent forces. At least the Jews mostly follow a "live and let live" ethos. Too bad you Christians couldn't follow suit.
Sonny refuses to acknowledge this fact, Ragin. I can tell you unequivocally that there is nothing you can say to open his tightly shut mind to that fact.
None of that matters to Sonny. You are absolutely wasting your time trying to have any kind of a rational discussion with him. I know; I tried for several dozen posts before finally putting him on ignore. He has been relentless in attacking both Mormonism and Islam, and he doesn't care what lies he has to tell to make his point. I'm assuming that you are actually pagan, and that The Ragin Pagan is not just some completely random screen name you picked for yourself. If, in fact, you are pagan, you'll need to start following Sonny's posts. Pretty soon you'll start to learn "the truth" about what you really believe, and trust me, it won't even resemble what you think you believe.
When you start applying adjectives to describe the personalities of 1 billion of the world's people, your stereotyping pretty much becomes meaningless.
No problem, I like what you said.
So when during my discussions with them did i trash talk their religion, please tell me what i said
Yes they are quite capable. They some how waged a defensive war of convert, pay a higher tax, or die in conquering much of the Mediterranean world. They made so much additional tax revenue from those that didn't convert that they even outlawed converting to Islam in several of the nations they conquered, while some how defending at the same time. Did you know that for the first dozen or so peaceful years of Islam, Muhammad had about 150 followers (mostly friends and relatives), however during the next dozen violent years or so of Islam, when Muhammad had money and power to bestow after raiding all the caravans he could find, he gained over a hundred thousand followers? Peace sells, but Muhammad wasn't buying.
