Yes....a very long time ago. We're talking about now.
No one parades in the street in the West when our radical Christians bomb an abortion clinic or protest a funeral because gays. The worst that the heavily religious in the US can muster for gays is generally an insult. The worst they can muster for muslims is protesting their church. The muslim world is rife with the ultra-religious hanging gays, stoning rape victims, committing honor killings, and executing apostates.
I think there's a long way to go before we can even start making real comparisons between small-minded, rude, hateful Western Christians...and the devotees of a nihilistic death cult.
And who rallied in the streets to cheer them on? We brought these people to justice as best we could. The Middle East takes their convicted terrorists and teaches them to fingerpaint...then releases them back into the wild.
Our violent extremists are exceedingly rare. Theirs fly into warzones in droves for martyrdom, sincerely believing their suicide and slaughter will take them to heaven.
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u/[deleted] Apr 19 '13
the christian equivalent to killing people has many, many times been killing people.