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Crusades & Faith-Based Violence: Kill them all; for God knows His Own

Friday July 25, 2008
Crusades & Faith-Based Violence: Kill them all; for God knows His Own
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There seems to be an inverse relationship between how vociferous believers are in claiming that their religion is peaceful and how peaceful their religion actually is. Perhaps a truly peaceful religion is obviously peaceful and doesn't raise a lot of red flags, so adherents don't need to go out of their way to say how peaceful they are. Violent religions, though, have a PR problem with outsiders so adherents need to go out of their way to explain how peaceful their beliefs actually are.

 

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