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deanSolecki  ·  3457 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: The extremist Islam and the moderated Islam

How many days has Fox News spent condemning the violence against black church-goers by Christian extremists?

Has the Pope come out to condemn this Christian terrorist, and terrorists like him?

Why is the Christian world silent on these issues, and what can be done to make Christians take responsibility for the violence caused by their religion?

Are there any actual Christian moderates?

I'm not sure what you were going for, but it's hard to compute. Generally speaking I don't expect an American born Islamic accountant to answer for the crimes committed by "fellow Muslims" in war torn countries, mid-civil war.

I also don't expect a lapsing Catholic in New York to answer for mass shootings in the South.

Taking this position is effectively saying, "ISLAM (or Christianity) is guilty of something, and all of it's followers need to express their guilt for me otherwise I will condemn them wholesale."

To the best of my knowledge neither Cliven Bundy nor Ted Nugent have gone out publicly to condemn the burning of black churches in the south. It's a shame that the allegedly moderate Christians of this country aren't standing up against the violent, extremist minority, I suppose.

Or that whole line of reasoning is inherently broken.