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    Default Does monotheism cause violence? New book says, yes.

    Kim is critical of much of traditional Christian theology — and of monotheism in general. He endorses the critique of the so-called “Mosaic distinction” between true and false religion, which was proposed by Jan Assmann. The famous Egyptologist accused biblical narratives concerning Moses of introducing for the first time in history a sharp distinction between true and false religion — or true and false gods. He charged that such a distinction encouraged hostility to the worshipers of gods in other traditions, and alleged that biblical monotheism was uniquely culpable for religious violence.

    https://lareviewofbooks.org/article/...-did-not-hold/

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    Let this be a notice to all of them who are fanatics in the WOKE CULT.
    This illegal illegitimate regime that runs America is at fault...not me.... they do not represent me and I have long objected to their crimes against humanity.

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    Quote Originally Posted by BidenPresident View Post
    Kim is critical of much of traditional Christian theology — and of monotheism in general. He endorses the critique of the so-called “Mosaic distinction” between true and false religion, which was proposed by Jan Assmann. The famous Egyptologist accused biblical narratives concerning Moses of introducing for the first time in history a sharp distinction between true and false religion — or true and false gods. He charged that such a distinction encouraged hostility to the worshipers of gods in other traditions, and alleged that biblical monotheism was uniquely culpable for religious violence.

    https://lareviewofbooks.org/article/...-did-not-hold/
    That's like saying Marx and Engels's "The Communist Manifesto" caused the murder of over 100 million people in the 20th century.

    Books don't kill people. People kill people.
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    Quote Originally Posted by BidenPresident View Post
    Kim is critical of much of traditional Christian theology — and of monotheism in general. He endorses the critique of the so-called “Mosaic distinction” between true and false religion, which was proposed by Jan Assmann. The famous Egyptologist accused biblical narratives concerning Moses of introducing for the first time in history a sharp distinction between true and false religion — or true and false gods. He charged that such a distinction encouraged hostility to the worshipers of gods in other traditions, and alleged that biblical monotheism was uniquely culpable for religious violence.

    https://lareviewofbooks.org/article/...-did-not-hold/
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    Quote Originally Posted by Dutch Uncle View Post
    That's like saying Marx and Engels's "The Communist Manifesto" caused the murder of over 100 million people in the 20th century.

    Books don't kill people. People kill people.
    or it's like saying a protest is an insurrection.

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    Quote Originally Posted by AssHatZombie View Post
    or it's like saying a protest is an insurrection.
    Okay, Patsy; what's the difference between a protest and an insurrection? If you don't know, I fully understand.
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    have there been any violent attacks by the Christian community in the last hundred years?..........
    Isaiah 6:5
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    Quote Originally Posted by PostmodernProphet View Post
    have there been any violent attacks by the Christian community in the last hundred years?..........
    only ones I recall are the more passive aggressive damaging of closed for the day abortion clinics.

    hardly compares to mohammadans having violence required by their religious texts.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Celticguy View Post
    only ones I recall are the more passive aggressive damaging of closed for the day abortion clinics.

    hardly compares to mohammadans having violence required by their religious texts.
    Or Bush using Christianity to invade Iraq for no reason.

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    Quote Originally Posted by BidenPresident View Post
    Or Bush using Christianity to invade Iraq for no reason.
    which never happened, of course......
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    Quote Originally Posted by PostmodernProphet View Post
    have there been any violent attacks by the Christian community in the last hundred years?..........
    Yes, the Christian Serbs committed ethnic cleansing and genocide on the Bosnian Muslims

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    Quote Originally Posted by Cypress View Post
    Yes, the Christian Serbs committed ethnic cleansing and genocide on the Bosnian Muslims
    was it a religious war or a political war?......
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    Quote Originally Posted by PostmodernProphet View Post
    was it a religious war or a political war?......
    Now you're trying to modify the question you asked

    Muslim versus Christian has been a defining condition and historical context of the Balkan peninsula for the last 800 years. This is well known to anyone who is aware of the history of the Byzantine empire and the Ottoman Turks in southeastern Europe.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Cypress View Post
    Now you're trying to modify the question you asked

    Muslim versus Christian has been a defining condition and historical context of the Balkan peninsula for the last 800 years. This is well known to anyone who is aware of the history of the Byzantine empire and the Ottoman Turks in southeastern Europe.
    no.....I am not modifying anything.........was the war in Bosnia about the validity of one doctrine over another or was it about the 800 years of history........
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    Quote Originally Posted by AssHatZombie View Post
    or it's like saying a protest is an insurrection.
    Or that a violent riot was a peaceful protest

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