Add up the number of rests caused directly by the Russian Revolution, World War I, World War II, the Stalinist purges, the Cambodian purges, and the Chinese Revolution and you will find a grim legacy of rest and destruction that far exceeds all the worst depravities of religious wars of the previous 19 centuries put together. If you investigate it thoroughly and honestly you will find that 90% of these wars had nothing to do with religion and everything to do with socialism, the so-called "people-friendly" political system so enamoured of you and your ilk. Hiteler, Stalin, Pol Pot, Mao Tse Tung, Kim il Sung -- all self-proclaimed Socialists, and all of them with the blood of hundreds of millions of people on their hands, something unprecedented in human history since we stopped practising cannibalism.
Nutta Gallas 429On Thu, 07 Sep 2006 19:45:12 GMT, "Paul F. Johnson" Yes it is fact, but...
Perceptive and watertight criticism as ever Le Dieu. Whenever I hear this kind of thing it's always heavy on broad sweeping statements and light on detail.
Wow -- just read a review at amazon. I hadn't heard of this -- if you really do have two copies I'd be most happy to avail of your generosity!
No offence Le Dieu, but I honestly think your argument would be better served if you were a bit more specific in your mind about what precisely you want to attack. If it's any old religion then fair enough -- I'm not going to argue as I would agree that anything other than Catholicism is deficient in a way. If you want to address specific issues in Catholicism go ahead.
Did you know that the Chinese authorities are currently exploring the influence of Christianity on the growth of Western civilization? The idea being that Christianity is one of the few religions which allows and even demands that people "get on with it"? As opposed to the pacifist and nihilist religions of the east, which encourage adherents to shun the world, or Islam, which requires prayer six times daily, something that might account for the weakness of Arab economies without the oil prop? -- + His Holiness Pope Pompous XVIII
Nutta Gallas 428Bernie The Bolt Try looking at the rules - they state that it is up to the FA as to who...
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