Eric Bolling: Christians Never Kill In The Name Of Religion

In The Young Turks on YouTube by Hlarson3 Comments

 

“Nearly every conservative television personality has slammed President Barack Obama’s National Prayer Breakfast speech at this point.

But Fox News host Eric Bolling denied Saturday that Christians, or people of any faith other than Islam for that matter, have killed anyone in the name of their religion.

“Reports say radical Muslim jihadists killed thousands of people in the past few months alone,” Bolling said on “Cashin’ In.” “And get, and yet when you take Christianity, Judaism, Hinduism, Buddhism, whatever, their combined killings in the name of religion — well that number would be zero.”*

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Cenk Uygur (http://www.twitter.com/cenkuygur) host of The Young Turks discusses. Cenk pushes back on Eric Bolling’s comments by discussing examples of violent Christians from our history. Tell us what you think in the comment section below.

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  1. We call this hyperbole: “…that’s the true face of terrorism. I know, you can’t say it about Christians, because that’s forbidden in America…”

    Well, no, criticizing Christians is NOT forbidden in America, though it might be socially sanctioned, depending on the company you keep. But failing to criticize Christianity can be socially sanctioned, too, depending on the company you keep. Sure, aim for the right button in a self-satisfied, smug neighborhood…but that’s true of most freedoms. Respect for Christianity is NOT enshrined in the law, at rate. That’s really the point that needs to be made. Around religion, the drive to uniformity that characterizes democracies can be resisted in the U.S. without fear of legal sanctions. What else? Mark Twain and Kurt Vonnegut are still secular saints, critics of Christianity whose works are squarely in the American Canon. Roger Williams and the founding of Rhode Island are still very much part of the American Story, as is Lincoln’s Second Inaugural Address.

    1. George Carlin sums up my views on religion nicely.

      When it comes to bullshit, big-time, major league bullshit, you have to stand in awe of the all-time champion of false promises and exaggerated claims, religion. No contest. No contest. Religion. Religion easily has the greatest bullshit story ever told. Think about it. Religion has actually convinced people that there’s an invisible man living in the sky who watches everything you do, every minute of every day. And the invisible man has a special list of ten things he does not want you to do. And if you do any of these ten things, he has a special place, full of fire and smoke and burning and torture and anguish, where he will send you to live and suffer and burn and choke and scream and cry forever and ever ’til the end of time!

      But He loves you. He loves you, and He needs money! He always needs money! He’s all-powerful, all-perfect, all-knowing, and all-wise, somehow just can’t handle money! Religion takes in billions of dollars, they pay no taxes, and they always need a little more. Now, you talk about a good bullshit story. Holy Shit!

      George Carlin

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