When someone is a Christian they are not constantly asked their position on the holocaust, the transatlantic slave trade, the extermination of Native Americans or any of the thousands of atrocities committed by Christians.
So why do Muslims get asked about terrorism and Jews about Israel and are grouped in with specific bad people while Christians are not required to explain themselves.
Now, there’s a thought.
While I do get your point - all the things you mentioned about christianity are in the past. Terrorism and Israel are happening now. From your post I’m guessing you aren’t christian, so how would you know what we get asked about? Catholics constantly have to defend/discuss actions of the catholic church (the rapes, money issues etc).
I very rarely add anything to a post on here but I really don’t like generalisation.
(I’m just gonna preface this by saying I’m a white Canadian)
“
all the things you mentioned about christianity are in the past
“ Not really… Americans, Canadians, Australians etc., are still
living on that stolen native land, no reparations were ever made to the
families of slaves, and some people wont even admit the holocaust
happened. Native Americans and Black Americans have been placed at a
systematic disadvantage since day one, the last residential school
wasn’t closed until 1996, and black and native people are incarcerated
at a far greater rate than whites. White people in these (christian
majority) countries continue benefit from these horrific actions to this
day and have done little the change this fact.
“
Terrorism and Israel are happening now
“ lol, yeah, because the west destabilized the region.
the
point tho is that the connection between Christianity and these
atrocities is about as strong, if not stronger, than the connection
between Islam and terrorism. it’s about how people unfairly generalize
Muslims while giving christians (specifically white christians) a pass.
also,
op could have just as easily pointed out the vast number of christian
terrorists (who, by the way, statistically pose a far greater threat to
americans than muslim terrorists)
there are terrorist groups like the…
The Klu Klux Klan
The National Liberation Front of Tripura
The Nationalist Socialist Council of Nagaland
Monte Kim Miller’s “Concerned Christians”
The
Ilaga
Russian Orthodox Army
The Army of God
The Lambs of Christ
The Hutaree
The Covenant, the Sword, and the Arm of the Lord
Not to mention plenty of individuals like
Peter James Knight
Anders Behring Breivik
Mark David Chapman
Eric Robert Rudolph
Charles Barbee, Robert Berry and Jay Merelle
Benjamin Matthew Williams and James Tyler Williams
Scott Roeder
James Kopp
Robert Doggart
Robert Lewis Dear
Curtis Allen, Gavin Wright and Patrick Eugene Stein
