(March 27, 2013 at 12:46 pm)junkyardboy Wrote: the Divine command is for Christians to love our neighbor as ourselves.
what are you ranting about?
The Bible also says:
Do not love the world or anything in the world. If anyone loves the world, love for the Father is not in them. (1 Jn 2:15)
and
You adulterous people, don't you know that friendship with the world means enmity against God? Therefore, anyone who chooses to be a friend of the world becomes an enemy of God. (Jm 4:4)
When these scriptures are compared with 2 Cor 6:14, which says "Do not be yoked together with unbelievers. For what do righteousness and wickedness have in common? Or what fellowship can light have with darkness?", it's not hard to figure out why Christians have committed so many unspeakable acts against people who simply don't believe as they do, especially when they are told that the "violent" take kingdom of heaven "by force". Matthew 11:12.
From a psychological standpoint, this all represents a desensitization of sorts, freeing the more devout followers to do whatever is necessary to further their religious cause without conscience or regard for the inflicting of human suffer or even death.