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if we were to apply to christianity the "logic" of ustwo and seaver's attempts to "prove" that islam is a violent religion , we would be wondering why all christians do rituals involving the handling of poisonous snakes---or we would be trying to "prove" using a range of quotes ripped out of context that the inquisition is the adequate expression of the entirety of christian doctrine---we could read various half-baked websites that quote aquinas, snip fragments from sections of the "summa" that try to determine the line between heretic and unbeliever and from there try to "demonstrate" that christianity is "spread by the sword"..
these really are absurd claims you are pursuing.
to wax charitable for a minute, let's assume that the problem is logical:
the response: arguments from essence are stupid, lads.
they dont get you anywhere: they explain nothing, they illuminate nothing.
if we are not so charitable, the question of motivation becomes ugly indeed:
this because i see little difference between the kind of arguments they are pursuing above and those you see in the protocols of the elders of zion that attempt to "prove" the "evils" of judaism.
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a gramophone its corrugated trumpet silver handle
spinning dog. such faithfulness it hear
it make you sick.
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