[Vision2020] Persecution is Part of Christianity

[g. crabtree]

Ed Iverson displays a fair amount of intolerance himself. He claims that
"Muslims worship a different god and behave differently as a consequence."
But the Pope claims that Muslims and Christians worship the same God. Which
is it, Mr. Iverson?

Where is the intolerance in the statement that "Muslims worship a different 
god and behave differently as a consequence." This seems self evident. I 
don't see any mention of revoking their right to exist or worship. Does 
anyone dispute the accuracy of the statement that atheists worship a 
different God and behave differently as a result? Also, it seems odd to call 
on a local protestant to answer for statements made by the Pope. Sort of 
like me calling on Ralph to answer for remarks made by Leo Tolstoy, Absurd.

gc

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Tom Hansen" <thansen at moscow.com>
To: "Vision 2020" <vision2020 at moscow.com>
Sent: Saturday, September 30, 2006 8:33 AM
Subject: [Vision2020] Persecution is Part of Christianity


> >From today's (September 30, 2006) Moscow-Pullman Daily News with a 
> >special
> thanks to Ralph Nielsen -
>
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>
> Persecution is part of Christianity
>
> Thank you for Ed Iverson's sick humor column, "Explaining Christians'
> 'hatred' of mankind" (His view, Sept. 23 & 24).
>
> He claims the Romans "smeared" the early Christians by accusing them of
> "hatred of mankind" but neglected to state that Christians began to
> persecute non-Christians almost as soon as Christianity was made the
> official religion of the Roman Empire. Many Christians took special 
> delight
> in burning books and destroying libraries (Iverson take note).
>
> Refusing to become a Christian became a capital offense. Many pagans were
> even burned alive, a practice that became almost synonymous with
> Christianity for centuries to come. It took the recent rise of humanism,
> both Christian and secular, to put a stop to religious persecution in the
> West.
>
> Ed Iverson displays a fair amount of intolerance himself. He claims that
> "Muslims worship a different god and behave differently as a consequence."
> But the Pope claims that Muslims and Christians worship the same God. 
> Which
> is it, Mr. Iverson?
>
> Isn't it interesting that it often takes a phony to recognize a phony? 
> "Why
> do you notice the sliver in your friend's eye, but overlook the timber in
> your own? How can you say to your friend, 'Let me get the sliver out of 
> your
> eye.' when there is that timber in your own? You phony, first take the
> timber out of your own eye and then you'll see well enough to remove the
> sliver from your friend's eye." (Matthew 7:3-5; Luke 6:41-42; Gospel of
> Thomas 26, all Scholars Version).
>
> Ralph Nielsen, Moscow
>
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>
> Seeya round town, Moscow.
>
> Tom Hansen
> Vandalville, Idaho
>
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> never be respect for our laws without enforcement, equal enforcement."
>
> - dick Sherwin (May 3, 2006)
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