[user104658]

To be fair Christianity has indeed done all of those things at various times throughout history and it would be a touch naive to assume that things can't go backwards. We should take any and all signs of religious zealotry seriously, especially when they ooze into politics.

[GoldHeart]

Originally Posted by Soldier Boy

To be fair Christianity has indeed done all of those things at various times throughout history and it would be a touch naive to assume that things can't go backwards. We should take any and all signs of religious zealotry seriously, especially when they ooze into politics.

Can someone please tell me why Christianity is always brought up more than other religions re: 'extreme views' , when Islam & Judaism and other religions more or less have the same views if not stronger.

As for child marriage & paedophilia that is still happening in Muslim countries,but I guess we're not allowed to mention that as it's "Islam phobic" .

[user104658]

Originally Posted by GoldHeart

Can someone please tell me why Christianity is always brought up more than other religions re: 'extreme views' , when Islam & Judaism and other religions more or less have the same views if not stronger.

As for child marriage & paedophilia that is still happening in Muslim countries,but I guess we're not allowed to mention that as it's "Islam phobic" .

Frankly I don't think that's true, Islam is mentioned plenty in the public sphere and has been mentioned on here plenty (I would hazard, more than Christianity) over the years.

The reason Christiantiy is CURRENTLY mentioned a lot is that Christianity in the west has until recently been a very measured/moderate religion but there are recently quite clear signs of a resurgence of strong evangelical / fundamentalist Christian views and organisations.

We ignore them at our peril... fundementalist christianity is ****ing scary.

I'd also point out that at the end of the day, Judaism, Christianity and Islam are all Abrahamic religions. Different flavours of the same crisps.

[Cherie]

Originally Posted by Soldier Boy

Frankly I don't think that's true, Islam is mentioned plenty in the public sphere and has been mentioned on here plenty (I would hazard, more than Christianity) over the years.

The reason Christiantiy is CURRENTLY mentioned a lot is that Christianity in the west has until recently been a very measured/moderate religion but there are recently quite clear signs of a resurgence of strong evangelical / fundamentalist Christian views and organisations.

We ignore them at our peril... fundementalist christianity is ****ing scary.

I'd also point out that at the end of the day, Judaism, Christianity and Islam are all Abrahamic religions. Different flavours of the same crisps.

It might have been mentioned here plenty but its soon shut down with taunts of Islamaphobe, meanwhile mean Christians and its priests ...chuckle chuckle

[Alf]

Originally Posted by GoldHeart

Can someone please tell me why Christianity is always brought up more than other religions re: 'extreme views' , when Islam & Judaism and other religions more or less have the same views if not stronger.

As for child marriage & paedophilia that is still happening in Muslim countries,but I guess we're not allowed to mention that as it's "Islam phobic" .

Fear. They have none towards Christianity. So that's easy for them to bring up.

[user104658]

Originally Posted by Alf

Fear. They have none towards Christianity. So that's easy for them to bring up.

Again I would point out that, especially in the US (many states), there's a lot more to fear from Christian fanaticism than there is from Islamic extremists (by sheer numbers).

We don't (currently) see the same thing in the UK, that much is true.

[GoldHeart]

Originally Posted by Soldier Boy

Again I would point out that, especially in the US (many states), there's a lot more to fear from Christian fanaticism than there is from Islamic extremists (by sheer numbers).

We don't (currently) see the same thing in the UK, that much is true.

I know what you're saying but I still get the impression the vocal people against Christianity still see it as an easy target. Nobody would dare mock the Qur'an. The only person who did was an autistic child here in the UK, and the mother had to wear a head scarf and profusely apologise on his behalf in fear of backlash.

[Oliver_W]

To be fair, no-one's life would be endangered for kicking a Bible, or for drawing Jesus.

[user104658]

Originally Posted by Oliver_W

To be fair, no-one's life would be endangered for kicking a Bible, or for drawing Jesus.

Again again, if someone burned or ripped up a bible in the middle of a heavily Christian school in a heavily Christian state, I think it's highly likely that them and their family would be forced to relocate for their safety.

Y'all are underestimating the depth of Christian fervor in parts of the US.

[user104658]

Originally Posted by GoldHeart

I know what you're saying but I still get the impression the vocal people against Christianity still see it as an easy target. Nobody would dare mock the Qur'an. The only person who did was an autistic child here in the UK, and the mother had to wear a head scarf and profusely apologise on his behalf in fear of backlash.

I genuinely think you'd see similar scenes in bible-belt USA if someone defiled or burned a bible.

I'm not saying you're wrong about there being a discrepancy in the UK, but I think there's an idea that the US in this sense is socially similar to the UK when it really isn't. The coastal states and cities, yes. The heavy red southern states and bible belt no. They are VERY seriously Christian. We don't see anything like it in the UK other than a few very small communities that tend to keep themselves to themselves.

[GoldHeart]

Originally Posted by Soldier Boy

I genuinely think you'd see similar scenes in bible-belt USA if someone defiled or burned a bible.

I'm not saying you're wrong about there being a discrepancy in the UK, but I think there's an idea that the US in this sense is socially similar to the UK when it really isn't. The coastal states and cities, yes. The heavy red southern states and bible belt no. They are VERY seriously Christian. We don't see anything like it in the UK other than a few very small communities that tend to keep themselves to themselves.

Oh I'm not denying the heavy southern republican Christians , but the only violence re: anything remotely Christian I remember hearing recently is about an ex JW destroying their worship place or something. But JW are not Christians anyway .

[GoldHeart]

Originally Posted by Alf

Fear. They have none towards Christianity. So that's easy for them to bring up.

Plus there isn't a word towards prejudice towards Christianity.

If someone hates all religion then they should just be honest about all religion, that clip mentioning 'extreme Christianity ' are the same people who are too scared to mention the colour of a terrorist's skin in fear of being called 'islam phobic' .

I'm not saying there isn't crazy evangelical groups and weird cults ,but they should be consistent and less hypocritical. There's countries pushing people off buildings.