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Old 04-14-2009, 10:14 AM   #16 (permalink)
Strange Famous
follower of the child's crusade?
 
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Originally Posted by twistedmosaic View Post
Why do people say this? I never understood. He was a Christian, why wouldn't you just write your sentence like this:

"The fact that he happened to be a Christian seems neither here nor there"

willravel is right, definitely a case of "no true scottsman"
If this was reported as "Big black man kills Asian girl" would you find that acceptable?

His claimed faith (which he betrayed by becoming a murderer) is simply one fact about him, as is his race, his family background, his liking of guns, of rock music, or whatever else...

Why should religion be the single fact about him that defines him?

The fact that defines him from my perspective is that I already mentioned, that he is a disgusting murderer.
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