MAGA Republican Pledges “End of Democracy” to Rabid Cheers at CPAC
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Republicans at CPAC 2024 are openly vowing to take down democracy.
    • Phegan@lemmy.world
      18·
      9 months ago

      It’s absolutely not. This is your post 9/11 bias showing. Islam, historically has been less genocidal than Christianity.

      Much of the colonization of Africa, the Americas, and other regions was done in the name of Christianity, through that there were many genocides of indigenous peoples. Many wars were fought over the flavor of Christianity after the reformation.

      Religion, in general, causes people to do vile things. But Christianity has more blood on its hands than Islam.

        • deur@feddit.nl
          10·
          9 months ago

          Hurrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr my anecdotal experience outweighs objective historyyyyy

          (Just clarifying I am not denying the Armenian genocide but seriously this person is so off base it’s just incredible they can still breathe, Christianity is basically the driving force behind an unbelievably high amount of deaths and the death toll has never stopped going up)

        • Soulg@lemmy.world
          9·
          9 months ago

          Doesn’t change the facts dipshit, they never once said Islam was innocent and did nothing wrong

        • Phegan@lemmy.world
          4·
          9 months ago

          I am not saying Islam did not result in genocide. I am not denying the armenian genocide. All I am saying is, you can’t say Islam has caused more genocide than Christianity. Islam has a lot of blood on its hands too, religion in general does.

    • stown@sedd.itEnglish
      6·
      9 months ago

      There are many different flavors of Christianity just like there are many different flavors of Islam. Each flavor has its own set of doctrines that they apply to themselves. None of those different flavors can claim to be the true flavor. Defining a religion by just one of its flavors is misguided and wrong.

    • Teon@kbin.social
      4·
      9 months ago

      Just to jump back in and be more unpopular… ALL Abrahamic religions are evolved from each other. Judaism, Christianity, and Islam are the holy trinity.
      Parts of the Torah are in the Old Testament and the Koran.
      People will be shocked that the stories are slightly edited versions of the same line of mythology.
      None of them are “better”. They all promote control and hatred.
      None of these religions are helping people or society. They are only helping themselves to money, power, control and a larger cult following.
      No one needs religion. Humanity only needs water, food, shelter.

    • CharlesDarwin@lemmy.worldEnglish
      2·
      9 months ago

      I remember someone studying Koran vs. “the” bible and showing that even the text is more genocidal than the Koran. This was on NPR some number of years ago; pretty easy to find. Of course, apologists for xtianity and/or “Judeo-Xtian values” (lol), will not want to hear this.

      Of course, all three Abrahamic religions are tied to “the” bible, so I’m not sure it’s all that relevant, but…definitely a lot of xtians need to know.