Obama Is Right About Religion And Violence

The chief difference between ISIS and The Inquisition
is that the Catholic Church immolated far more women.

Obama is right about religion and violence. "People who wonder why the president does not talk more about race would do well to examine the recent blow-up over his speech at the National Prayer Breakfast. Inveighing against the barbarism of ISIS, the president pointed out that it would be foolish to blame Islam, at large, for its atrocities. ... There were a fair number of pretexts given for slavery and Jim Crow, but Christianity provided the moral justification." The Atlantic.

Was Obama Right To Compare Islam With Christianity? 

Religious News Service

http://paxonbothhouses.blogspot.com/2015/02/did-obama-rightly-compare-islam.html

Jefferson's Advocacy For Protection Of Jew, Gentile, Mahometan, Hindu And Infidel

http://paxonbothhouses.blogspot.com/2014/12/jeffersons-advocacy-for-protection-of.html

"Is The Bible More Violent Than The Quran?"

http://paxonbothhouses.blogspot.com/2014/03/is-bible-more-violent-than-quran-npr.html

Pope Benedict XVI's Question: 'Can Modern Warfare Ever Be Just?'
http://paxonbothhouses.blogspot.com/2012/07/pope-benedict-xvi-questions-if-modern.html

Worst Bible Passages
http://paxonbothhouses.blogspot.com/2012/09/worst-bible-passages.html

Thomas Jefferson On The Persistent Inclination To Vilify Virtue

http://paxonbothhouses.blogspot.com/2015/01/thomas-jefferson-on-inclination-to.html