Free Republic
Browse · Search
News/Activism
Topics · Post Article

To: knighthawk
"Sweden's links to radical Islam"

Replace that with "US links to radical Christianity" and you could talk about McVey. He was a Christian you know.
4 posted on 08/30/2002 4:44:32 PM PDT by SEGUET
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies ]


To: SEGUET
Replace that with "US links to radical Christianity" and you could talk about McVey. He was a Christian you know.

"McVeigh, a self-described agnostic"...

6 posted on 08/30/2002 4:53:01 PM PDT by CanadianFella
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 4 | View Replies ]

To: SEGUET
McVey?

Maybe you could get his name right next time you try to convince people.
7 posted on 08/30/2002 5:08:21 PM PDT by knighthawk
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 4 | View Replies ]

To: SEGUET
No, he was not. He was raised in the Faith, but became an agnostic, up until he requested last rites prior to the execution.
36 posted on 08/30/2002 8:48:12 PM PDT by Phillip Augustus
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 4 | View Replies ]

To: SEGUET
Replace that with "US links to radical Christianity" and you could talk about McVey. He was a Christian you know.

One could argue that point... however, the critical factors are
1) that those who murdered 3000 in the WTC did it following the tenets of Islam.
2) The perpetrators expected rewards in the afterlife.
3) Muslims around the world danced in the streets at the news of the death and destruction.

Even if McVeigh had literally said, "I do this in Christ's Holy name",
1) he still would not have been following basic Christian tenets.
2) He could not possibly have used the Bible to argue that the Almighty would reward him specifically for that act. Likewise,
3) his actions were condemned by Christians everywhere, as they wept and expressed shock and regret.

Your sophmoric attempt at moral equivalence won't fool anyone around here.

60 posted on 08/31/2002 9:46:38 AM PDT by Teacher317
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 4 | View Replies ]

To: SEGUET
Seguet - you're an idiot who wouldn't recognize a fact if it bit your nose off.
85 posted on 09/01/2002 4:12:05 PM PDT by Post Toasties
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 4 | View Replies ]

Free Republic
Browse · Search
News/Activism
Topics · Post Article


FreeRepublic, LLC, PO BOX 9771, FRESNO, CA 93794
FreeRepublic.com is powered by software copyright 2000-2008 John Robinson