Quote:Of the seven things Bob mentioned off the top of his head that were problems with Christianity, Logan throughly addressed the first (Crusades) and made a passing attempt at the sixth (religious/sectarian violence), and left the other five things (Inquisition, antisemitism, conversion by the sword, justification for the American slave trade, and Catholic sex abuse) unaddressed. Considering that the last two items on the list (religious/sectarian violence and Catholic sex abuse) are still going on in modern days, giving short shrift to one and ignoring the other doesn't help Logan's position.I could see how talking about the inquisition could go into a little
more detail about the conflict between Christianity and Islam. That has
at least a tertiary bearing on the topic. So I'll consider doing that.
Antisemitism is a no-brainer. Islam is FAR more anti-Jew than
Christianity ever was or will be. But it's at least part of the overall
picture.
Conversion by the sword? I'd say I already covered that pretty well by way of comparison.
But...
Justification for the Slave Trade?
Catholic Sex abuse?
Why do you expect me to defend those?
Firstly, unlike some of the other things, I don't think there's any defense for them. I do think they are evil. So I'm not going to try and defend those topics. What do you take me for? A lawyer? (That last bit should be taken as a humorous jab.)
(actually, the Inquisition was pretty awful too, but in context of the
attempt to push the Moors out of Spain it makes some sense. It wasn't pretty, but it made sense.)
Secondly, what the hell does Catholic Sex abuse, or Justifying the slave trade have ANYTHING to do with what I'm talking about?
Look. I'm talking about a Mosque being built almost on top of the site of one of the worst atrocities ever committed by avowed jihadists. I've already gone WAY beyond what I usually do to put together a post in order to address what I thought were the comparisons that had the most relevancy to the topic at hand.
Why do you people insist on making this about Christianity when I'm not arguing from the point of view of a Christian?