Almost every newspaper is talking about the protest by white nationalist last Saturday night. Racism stems from religion and it continues to grow in parts of the US.
How can Good Christians who are not racist or homophobic continue to support a god with a history of racist genocide. Hilter, Putin, Trump and other dictator types have too much in common with Yahweh . Kill everyone that isn't apart of our supreme race or tribe. Sickening.
https://www.indy100.com/article/map-the-scary-number-of-us-states-that-s....
http://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2017/05/14/528363829/richard-spen...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christian_terrorism
Christian terrorism comprises terrorist acts by groups or individuals who profess Christian motivations or goals.[1]
Orthodox Christian-influenced movements in Romania, such as the Iron Guard and Lăncieri, which have been characterized by Yad Vashem and Stanley G. Payne as anti-semitic and fascist, respectively, were involved in the Bucharest pogrom, and in political murders during the 1930s.
Ku Klux Klan
Klan members conduct a cross burning in 1921.
Rev. Branford Clarke's illustration in the 1926 book Klansmen: Guardians of Liberty portrays the Klan as slaying Catholic influence in the US.
After the American Civil War of 1861–1865, former Confederates and members of the Democratic Party organized the Protestant-led[12] Ku Klux Klan (KKK) organization and began engaging in arson, beatings, destruction of property, lynching, murder, rape, tar-and-feathering, whipping and intimidation via such means as cross burning. They targeted African Americans, Jews, Catholics, and other social or ethnic minorities.
Vehemently anti-Catholic, Klan members had an explicitly Protestant Christian terrorist ideology, basing their beliefs in part on a "religious foundation" in Protestant Christianity.[13] The goals of the KKK included, from an early time onward, an intent to "reestablish Protestant Christian values in America by any means possible", and they believed that "Jesus was the first Klansman."[14] Although members of the KKK swear to uphold Christian morality, virtually every Christian denomination has officially denounced the KKK.[15] From 1915 onward, Klansmen conducted cross-burnings not only to intimidate targets, but also to demonstrate their respect and reverence for Jesus Christ, and the ritual of lighting crosses was steeped in Christian symbolism, including prayer and hymn singing.[16] Within Christianity the Klan directed its hostilities against Catholics. Modern Klan organizations remain associated with acts of domestic terrorism in the United States.[17]
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The first Protestant was a racist so it's only natural that his branch would follow his racist doctrine.
Martin Luther is just another one of those people that's heralded like a god in high school history classes, but that you later discover was a complete waste of a human being when placed under the lens of scrutiny. Sort of like Christopher Columbus or Mother Theresa. Also Alexander the "Great" fits into this category. Am I missing any?
Julius Caesar perhaps. He's remembered as a great general and statesman who was tragically murdered. Over a million people died and another million were enslaved in Gaul (modern France) because of his actions.
Karl Marx. Champion of the proletariat and fighter for equality. Had sex with a lodger in his house in London while his wife was pregnant with his child. I think people should be judged above all on how they treat their families.
Queen Elizabeth I: Remembered as a national heroine for the defeat of the Spanish Armada. The sailors who did all the fighting were never paid.
Jared
You don't think Martin Luther king did good?
I think he was talking about Martin Luther, not M. L. King.
I was talking about Martin Luther, not King. However, Martin Luther King Jr. did have a few vices, according to my history teacher. Not sure of the validity of it, so definitely don't take it as fact, but apparently he was a frequenter of prostitutes and a wife-beater. Similar claims of domestic abuse and spouse violence were made about Mahatma Ghandi. Whether they are true or not is not certain, but I'm sure there's evidence of something lying around on the internet. I personally don't care enough to look; I don't make role models out of historical figures, so if their character is tarnished, I don't really care.
I recall that the FBI was rumored to have tapes of Martin Luther King Jr. engaging in extracurricular activities. That was in J. Edgar Hoover's day, so they could have been faked.
As for Randy Ghandi:
http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/books/features/thrill-of...
Wow. I tell ya, religion sure does a good job of creating a sexually immature population.
@Jared Alesi: "religion sure does a good job of creating a sexually immature population."
The porn and sex-for-sale industries couldn't survive without religion with all its repressivenses and perverted taboos.
Jared and Algebe
Yes religion focuses on sex nonstop. Many Catholic school girls seem to have gone off the deep end into sexual exploration. We had weekend retreats where songs about our gardens and keys (literal keys) to our gardens were a big focus in staying pure. A bunch of woman focused on abstaining til marriage was popular reason to have a a retreat.
Bobingersoll
Thank u. Just googled professor monk Martin Luther
http://www.bbc.co.uk/guides/z3xhhv4
The British historian Neil Oliver did a documentary recently tracing the origins of the KKK back to early Scottish settlers in the US. The name combines the Greek word kyklos with the Scottish word clan (family), so KKK means "family circle." Sounds nice, doesn't it.
Oliver also pointed out that the Confederate flag is based on the Scottish Saltire flag (St. Andrew's Cross), and that Nathan Forrest, the founder of the KKK, was of Scots-Irish descent. He was a bona fide war criminal who oversaw the slaughter of black soldiers who were trying to surrender.
Thomas Dixon, a Southern Baptist minister of Scottish descent, wrote "The Clansman," which was the book on which the film "Birth of a Nation" (1915) was based.
It's tragic when people bring old hatred to new countries. Religion makes that inevitable. Muslims are doing it today. Christians have always done it.
Algebe
Wow. They should teach that in Sunday school
How can ''good'' catholics support the catholic church's criminal behavior in its cover up of child rape by its priests, and it's opposition to the use of condoms ??
Unfortunately, what we're seeing today is the decline of one aggressor religion as another takes its place. Christianity has always had the majority, and has always been violent in its acquisition of followers. Only in the last two centuries has the cult dulled its blades and played by the rules of society. Now, Islam is the new dog on the block, and it's not yet been vaccinated. Christians know this, and they're doing one of three things in return: Either they're getting used to it, they're getting mellower to appeal to the masses, or they're getting violent to scare the masses shitless. Christian terrorism is nothing new; it's just the final twitching of the hangman's toes after the floor went out under him and the noose tightened around his neck. I expect Islam will find a similar demise sometime in the future when a new faith takes the world by storm.
@JamieB: The internal terrorism in the United States has been, is and always will be white supremacist of religious connotation, and, unfortunately, will go to worse. Why do I say this? Because the conditions that should dilute these ideas, far from occurring, are disappearing. Trump is president, religions increasingly have more weight in society, although society is becoming less religious, the question is no longer whether religious radicalization will occur, the question is when will happen.
SBmontero
I'm sure your right about the terrorism of white supremesist getting worse. It's been so clear since last year when haters have become emboldened by trumps words. At the end of last year after trump won and 2017 was nearing, the sentiment from most of my clients was astonishing. Most complained about how horrible 2016 was for many reasons and looked forward to a good 2017. I was dumbfounded by how many, even liberals, were hopeful and ready for 2017. Trump was going to be president. Really? You think things will be better. I've known many different types of people over the years and have come to the conclusion that most prominent character traits don't change easily. Our orange president has been a thief liar cheater and most of all he's been making choices to benefit only himself . How could people believe he was going to do some good?
@JamieB: That's precisely the point. The electorate votes for political options over several reasons, but, in Trump case, from outside the United States we know that most US voters did NOT vote for Trump. It's true that the Democrat vote wasn't what was expected, I would not have voted for Clinton, I'd have stayed home, that was what happened. The question is why there were people who voted for Trump. Trump has proven to be a misogynist racist who has been able to gild the pill to the Christian extreme right, and this also gives us the measure of who can expect something from Trump.
That's why I say that the question is no longer whether religious radicalization will occur, the question is when will happen. One of the most amusing discussions with other writers is whether we will be witnessing the birth of the first radical Christian nation with nuclear weapons in the world.
Taking the opportunity I would very much advise two TV shows that give an idea of how we see from the outside:
"The Man in the High Castle" and "The Handmaid's Tale".
It's embarrassing to live in a country where our leaders are morally inept. If our govt had a moral code we would make room for trump and his loyals and racist supporters in prison by releasing all the "criminals" with minor drug possessions. Another form of slavery in the us.
true. everywhere religion is the trendiest weapon to usurp power. It has always been so historically. In my India it is Hindu hyper-natonalism that craetes a bogey of muslim minority. Every religion needs a target for hatred.