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[–]Mackeja 1 point2 points ago

This is not a reasonable argument. You say that too many good Christians ignore/excuse the actions of evil Chirstians, but your example is Hitler. Most Christians do not excuse/ignore the actions of Hitler. EDIT: and those do are not necessarily doing so because of Christian principles.

[–]tillicum[S] 0 points1 point ago

Abortion bombings, Dr. Tiller, death threats against teenage girls, death threats against homosexuals, death threats against Muslims, assault and deaths of Sikhs after 9/11 because people thought they were Muslim, Christian militias, Neo nazi groups who use Christianity as their excuse, slander of people who oppose religious intolerance, slut shaming, etc...

As for Hitler, when he was starting out, it was because he was Christian that he got a lot of leeway. You only have to look at the history between Hitler and Catholic church to understand that. The catholic church, who at the time was the dominant Christian faith, not only turned a blind eye to what Hitler was doing, but also aided and abetted in hidng nazi war criminals.

[–]Philile 0 points1 point ago

"Abortion bombings, Dr. Tiller, death threats against teenage girls, death threats against homosexuals, death threats against Muslims, assault and deaths of Sikhs after 9/11 because people thought they were Muslim, Christian militias, Neo nazi groups who use Christianity as their excuse, slander of people who oppose religious intolerance, slut shaming, etc..."

What was the point of listing all that? Ethical people, regardless of whether they are religious are not, would condemn those things. You're ignoring the entire point of that infographic. Good people will be good and bad people will be bad regardless of their religious leanings. So what if some religious people who claim to be good are actually bad, and legitimize the behavior of the exceptionally bad religious? They're still bad in the eyes of ethical people.

[–]tillicum[S] 0 points1 point ago

Bill O'reilly, in fact all of Fox news tried to ratinalize Dr. Tillers assassination. Based on christian principles. Explain that to me. Explain how Christian faith agrees with murder? Who among the faithful stood up and declared that a man was killed for providing a legal, medical procedure?

[–]TheCannon 0 points1 point ago

This presents Malcom X as good.

That's completely a matter of opinion.

[–]Long_Forgotten_Son 0 points1 point ago

I'm pretty sure Adolf Hitler was Roman Catholic.

[–]SaintGenesius 0 points1 point ago

For some reason I thought he was Lutheran.

edit: apparently non-denominational would be the best description

[–]original-finder 0 points1 point ago