RE: No True Scotsman
June 19, 2014 at 4:41 pm
(This post was last modified: June 19, 2014 at 4:42 pm by DeistPaladin.)
(June 19, 2014 at 4:19 pm)Lek Wrote:Quote: It's the terrors of Hell and the fervor to fight the Devil that drove the atrocities.
I don't think you can prove that statement.
Did they not claim this to be their motivation? From Torquemada to the Salem Witch Trials, fighting the devil and saving more souls for all eternity was the rallying cry.
"They lied", I can hear you protest, "they had political motives!"
Glossing over how there's no proof to bolster that defense, what of their followers? Could their followers not be easily whipped into their murderous frenzy over the same motives? Was this not a powerful motive that could be used to convince others even if the leaders themselves didn't believe it?
Hell *IS* terrifying. The Christian faith *IS* supposedly the only escape. The devil *IS* said to be a force of pure evil and the only alternative master if you reject Jesus. How can such terrifying beliefs not result in atrocities, time and time again?
This is what makes Islamo-Christianity so dangerous.
...and Jesus watches it all and says and does nothing.
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