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Llyn(来自Wisconsin)针对纽约时报新闻报道做出如下个人体会和评论,分享一下,
“When I was 14, my uncle, an elder of the fundamentalist Christian church in which I was raised, drove up for a visit with a bumper sticker on his car that said "Kill a Commie for Christ." That was when I abandoned organized religion.
No one who is a true Christian could commit such acts. Anyone whose religious beliefs have become so extreme that those views are used to justify such violence is no longer practicing a religion but is committing crimes against humanity, and no major world religion endorses such actions today.
Some posts linked to the cover story on the home page blame Islam for this incident, refusing to accept that a Christian could commit such acts. Others blame Islam indirectly by saying that this violence was motivated by hatred against Islam due to acts of violence committed by Muslims. This is blatant bigotry.
Those who point to the concept of jihad in Islam to label it as an inherently violent religion forget the millions who "converted" to Christianity at the points of swords or barrels of guns over the centuries. Christianity too has had its holy wars.
People of all faiths are capable of such acts once they feel that the abstract beliefs of their religion are more important than individual human lives and real human suffering. History tells us over and over again how religious beliefs can motivate horrors worse than those committed in the name of national or international politics-- worse because at their best, the world's great religions forbid and deplore such actions. And yet, over and over again, religion is the excuse given for hatred and acts of hate.
My heart goes out to the victims and their families. All those who die or are injured due to such violence justified by extremists on religion grounds are tragic scapegoats for human evil. Where I live, the Sisters of Perpetual Adoration have been praying constantly for peace, for many decades. Today we should all join them, regardless of our religions. (end quote)
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