True or False statement regarding Christians and Muslims in the United States

Just to add to this discussion and in reference to your other thread about CS Lewis's stance on theocracies, I believe Lewis was implying that a Christian theocracy has no biblical basis. If I'm mistaken in interpreting Lewis then I'll say that I believe a Christian theocracy is unbiblical and the modern day version of the Tower of Babel.

As to there being an imminent threat, I don't think either are an imminent threat. I believe the gap between Church and culture will exponentially increase creating a sea of moral gray in between. Ultimately the "Christian right" will have less and less of a voice over time.

 

I don't know why I keep saying the same thing over and over but maybe I'll make it understandable at some point.

If the principles of Christianity are at odds with our freedoms, we seem to have been able to deal with this issue for over 200 years. I don't think either religion is a threat but the unknown(Sharia) is more dangerous than the known considering the examples of Islam's influence on freedom in other countries today.

I don't think the Christian nutjobs of today are any more of a threat than they were in the 1950s or the 1850s or the 1780s. I also wouldn't call the Ten Comandments the core principles of Christianity either but that is a different discussion.

 

I was shocked at the results. We apparently have a good number of posters who know nothing about Sharia Law. I wouldn't want to live in either a Christian Theocracy (Legalism) or Sharia Law (Incredibly oppressive), but Sharia is the end of basic human rights. There are millions in Iran who wish they could escape it.

 

These articles are a little older but may give you some insights to what the government thinks about your question.

"Soldiers in the U.S. military have been told in a training briefing that evangelical Christians are the #1 extremist threat to America -"
http://www.wnd.com/2013/04/military-warned-evangelicals-no-1-threat/

“The number of hate groups, extremists and anti‐govt organizations in the U.S. has continued to grow over the past three years, according to reports by the Southern Poverty Law Center. They increased to 1,018 in 2011, up from 1,002 in 2010 and 602 in 2000,” reads the first page of the slide presentation labeled “Extremism & Extremist Organizations.”
http://www.infowars.com/all-over-am...-being-labeled-as-extremists-and-hate-groups/

Could be why the police department has been armed with even more military equipment since Obama has been in office because the crime rate has been going down and they don't need all of that shyt for poor dark skinned folks and immigrants.

"Vietnam veterans have also been tied to acts of violence recently. The New York Times came under fire after it published a commentary linking veterans to white supremacy after fatal shootings at a Jewish community center and a Jewish retirement home in Kansas earlier this year."
http://www.infowars.com/all-over-am...-being-labeled-as-extremists-and-hate-groups/

 

Not an expert on theology and didn't sleep at the holiday inn last night
However from my experience dealing with people who appear overly righteous and use numerous quotes to justify their beliefs are generally though not always criminal if exposed in open court.

 

The poll isn't about what is worse, it's about what is more likely.

 

both are unlikely, the poll questions is more like which one has more imminent threat to America

and obviously because US is situated in North America and not in the middle east with a little to no extreme Muslim immigrants, the chances of Sharia law of ever being a threat is like approaching zero.

 

Does Christian theocracy actually exist anywhere in the world as a nation's law? I mean, why are you so worried about something that likely doesn't exist?

 

I hope you meant "don't"?

 

Probably should never, ever move to Vatican City

 

In North America one is more likely than the other.

"The Lord told me … if [the local sheriff doesn't] take away these arms from federal agents, we the people will have to face these arms in a civil war. He said, 'This is your chance to straighten this thing up,'"
http://m.christianpost.com/news/cli...tandoff-possibly-engage-in-civil-war--124320/

And Bundy had a lot of supporters across the country.

 

I'd like to see a nationally covered presidential candidate make a similar endorsement for Buddhism and survive:

 

people don't really have polarizing opinion on Buddhism so I doubt the candidate would be crucified for anything

people would probably would just think he/she is a giant weirdo for making such a irrelevant and non nonsensical endorsement to a religion that is barely even practiced in the US

 

Yeah, but if you don't show 100% devotion to a story about a virgin birth and zombie-ism after a guy's dad sent his son to the most horrible death one can imagine, you have no chance of winning at all.

 

They won't win presidential elections for sure if he/she did that. Even if you do not believe in Christianity, you have to pay lip service if you want to get elected.