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[QUOTE]Originally posted by First of Two: [QB] Furthermore, your analogy between my criticism of Christianity for its crimes and percieved lack of criticism of Germany for Nazi crimes is false and flawed. Germany, as a society, is not responsible for the Nazi acts. Germany has repudiated and condemned Nazism and their acts. Germany is a country and an ethnicity. Nazism is a value system and a lifestyle choice. Those Nazis that remain (NeoNazis, Aryan Nation, etc.) are likewise reviled by me (Oh, I could tell you my lurid fantasies of breaking up a KKK rally with a hideous display of force, but what would be the point?) Dissimilarly, Christianity has yet to fully repudiate its actions during the Inquisition and Crusades and Witchhunts (although I hear the pope may be taking steps in that area.) As followers of the same value system that gave rise to the atrocities, they are as responsible as those who continue to follow OTHER value systems that have had similar effects. My intent when I criticise is not to condemn today's Christians (Indeed, my initial statement did nothing of the sort), but to remind people that it happened once, and that there are still those among them who would like nothing better than to see it happen again. I don't care if Christian Scientists refuse surgery for themselves. That's fine, from my standpoint, as it constitutes evolution in action. It's when they refuse surgery for people who aren't being allowed to choose for themselves (their children) that I get annoyed. because that IS harming others. [/QB][/QUOTE]
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