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Originally posted by JediMaster
What???? Are the terrorists over there not Muslim so therefore Muhhamed be the orginal terrorist not Jesus?
This topic is crap on so many levels.
Originally posted by J0HNSmith
Consider: He went from being a mere carpenter to declaring himself The Messiah, for Christ�s sake. That�s the kind of unbridled charismatic chutzpah Liam Gallagher can only aspire to.
Jesus broke from most of the religious traditions of his day, with revolutionary interpretations of Scripture, liberal consumption of wine, questionable choices of companionship, and radical notions of what God is all about. Jesus hung out with (and performed for) people of somewhat dubious repute: whores, lepers (though the correct biblical translation of this word actually covers a rash of skin disorders far less serious than actual leprosy), rich folks, tax collectors , and assorted other misfits deemed unholy by the religious establishment of his day.
How many wars have been fought in the name of Christianity? How many people have dies because of religion as a whole? Jesus doesn't seem all that different than OBL with the exception that when Jesus had the chance to run he didn't, he stick around so he could be a martyr. Just because society has changed their interruption of who Jesus was that doesn't change the things that he stood for. Thumbing his nose at authority, causing unrest in society, starting a revolution in his name against people whom didn't believe in his "god."
Sounds like terrorism to me.
Originally posted by DeltaChaos
I think what JS is alluding to is not that Jesus was the terrorist, but that the origins and reasons for terrorism can be found in religion. Am I right?
I don't think it's true. I think terrorism comes from a feeling of powerlessness to have an effect on one's own life. Or in the case of terrorist groups, the lives of the whole.
Who commits terrorist acts? People who feel that they are repressed or encroached upon by a force that they cannot contend with by conventional means. Terrorism is always a last-ditch effort.
DC
Originally posted by DeltaChaos
I think terrorism comes from a feeling of powerlessness to have an effect on one's own life. Or in the case of terrorist groups, the lives of the whole.
Who commits terrorist acts? People who feel that they are repressed or encroached upon by a force that they cannot contend with by conventional means. Terrorism is always a last-ditch effort.
DC
Originally posted by J0HNSmith
Sounds like Jesus to me.
Yeah, maybe you're right, elevatedone. If this is the case, then JOHNSmith needs to lay off the pipe. Or something...
Originally posted by elevatedone
I disagree, it's all right in his initial post :
"It all started with a middle eastern man named Jesus"
Originally posted by JediMaster
Did Jesus encoruage people to blow them selves up. NO. Did he encourage acts of violence. NO.
He thought out side the box, and formed a religion. Does having unorthodox belifes make one a terrorist?