I was browsing some blogs a few minutes ago and I came across this interesting little item (won't say who wrote it because it's not about him/her so much as it's about the ideas encompassed in it):
This blogger implied that the reason Christians are better than Muslims is "the fact that I have not heard of any Christians who walk into a crowded place, filled with men, women, and children, and blow themselves and everyone else to oblivion [emphasis mine]. You can mention Timothy McVey, but I do not accept that he represents Christians. He represents people who hate the U.S. government. That would put him more in league with Muslims than Christians."
Funny, I don't seem to recall Timothy McVeigh having an imam at his execution, or placing emphasis on praying 5 times a day or avoiding pork. But, then, I don't recall whether he embraced any particular faith or not--so fine, I won't mention him.
How about Eric Rudolph? Bombed abortion clinics, gay nightclubs and THE OLYMPIC PARK--with people inside them!--because he believed he was doing god's work by killing and injuring people who never hurt him personally. Granted, he did not blow himself up, but that's probably because he was too much of a murderous, cowardly son of a bitch. And now he's living out five life sentences on my tax dollars. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eric_Robert_Rudolph)
Or what about David Koresh? Got about 80 of his followers (including innocent children) killed in a violent stand-off with the ATF--which resulted in a gi-normous explosion--because he wanted to sell guns and meth illegally, and practice polygamy with his female followers, and rape their children. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Koresh)
Or Jim Jones? Claimed to be the incarnation of Jesus, Akhenaton, Buddha, Father Divine, and even God itself--and NOT Muhammed, interestingly enough--and trained 909 of his People's Temple followers to commit suicide after he moved them to Guyana to avoid paying his taxes and put a hit out on a congressman. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Jones)
I used these examples before, in "Chuck Norris is a Frickin' Moron #1", and essentially challenged anyone to explain to me and the rest of the internet community how these horrible excuses for people can possibly be "good" examples of Christianity--because I say they're not.
And, mind you, this is not to say that all Christians are bad people. Just like not all Jews are bad, and not all Muslims are bad. There are plenty of good people who embrace any and all faiths--or not, in the case of agnostics and atheists.
But there ARE bad examples, if they do something that is so horrible and offensive that their legacy is permanently stained by it--and people actually bother looking for them after the fact...
