Sri Lanka terror attack; over 200 dead

[firstfloor]

Evil people are just evil? But why would I not want to actually hurt people who I disagree with? I wouldn't act like that! Mainly because Jesus doesn't want me to do that, but I also don't want to!

These people are engaged in holy war. Their enemies provide the reasons to fight. Their grievances go back a long way. We either have to fight the war even harder than they do, even to the point of killing their memory of past injustices, or give them justice. For that, we need to have a sense of our own sin towards them.

[Mountain Man]

It seems that prominent Democrats, including former president Barack Obama and two-time failed presidential candidate Hillary Clinton, can't bring themselves to admit that this attack was against Christians, referring to them more ambiguously as "Easter worshippers".

https://www.breitbart.com/national-s...ot-christians/

[Mountain Man]

These people are engaged in holy war. Their enemies provide the reasons to fight. Their grievances go back a long way. We either have to fight the war even harder than they do, even to the point of killing their memory of past injustices, or give them justice. For that, we need to have a sense of our own sin towards them.

What a sick and depraved rationalization for the murder of nearly 300 people.

[seer]

What a sick and depraved rationalization for the murder of nearly 300 people.

Right, some people did something...

[Zymologist]

It seems that prominent Democrats, including former president Barack Obama and two-time failed presidential candidate Hillary Clinton, can't bring themselves to admit that this attack was against Christians, referring to them more ambiguously as "Easter worshippers".

https://www.breitbart.com/national-s...ot-christians/

If only there was some word by which we could easily identify these "Easter worshippers."

[Cow Poke]

If only there was some word by which we could easily identify these "Easter worshippers."

Well, there are, of course, CEO Christians! (Christmas and Easter Only)

[firstfloor]

What a sick and depraved rationalization for the murder of nearly 300 people.

Scott Atran has found the greatest predictors of suicide bombings to be not religion but group dynamics: While personal humiliation does not turn out to be a motivation for those attempting to kill civilians, the perception that others with whom one feels a common bond are being humiliated can be a powerful driver for action. "Small-group dynamics involving friends and family that form the diaspora cell of brotherhood and camaraderie on which the rising tide of martyrdom actions is based".[76] Terrorists, according to Atran, are social beings influenced by social connections and values. Rather than dying "for a cause", they might be said to have died "for each other".[77] Simon Cottee in the New York Times suggested that sexual frustration is a major motivating factor in Islamist suicide bombing.

[rogue06]

Yes. https://www.theguardian.com/world/20...iraq-sri-lanka

But it appears it was after all Islamic extremists

Source: Sri Lanka Points to Islamist Militants in Easter Bombing Attacks

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[Mountain Man]

It's really not. The fact that you can't bring yourself to openly condemn Muslim terrorists and instead suggest that their actions are justified because of "our own sin towards them" says quite a lot about you and your twisted worldview.

[rogue06]

It seems that prominent Democrats, including former president Barack Obama and two-time failed presidential candidate Hillary Clinton, can't bring themselves to admit that this attack was against Christians, referring to them more ambiguously as "Easter worshippers".

https://www.breitbart.com/national-s...ot-christians/

They not only can't bring themselves to say that the targets were Christian the same folks appear to have an allergic reaction to ever saying that the perpetrators are Muslim.

[Mountain Man]

But it appears it was after all Islamic extremists

Let's not call them extremists when they're simply doing what's commanded in their holy texts and following the example of their founder. It's like calling a Christian who refrains from drunkenness and debauchery and cares for the poor a "Christian extremist".

[seer]

Why not just say attack on Christians?

Barack Obama
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@BarackObama
The attacks on tourists and Easter worshippers in Sri Lanka are an attack on humanity. On a day devoted to love, redemption, and renewal, we pray for the victims and stand with the people of Sri

Lanka.

https://thehill.com/blogs/blog-brief...ck-on-humanity



@HillaryClinton
Apr 21
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On this holy weekend for many faiths, we must stand united against hatred and violence. I'm praying for everyone affected by today's horrific attacks on Easter worshippers and travelers in Sri Lanka.

https://twitter.com/HillaryClinton?r...Ctwgr%5Eauthor

[firstfloor]

It's really not. The fact that you can't bring yourself to openly condemn Muslim terrorists and instead suggest that their actions are justified because of "our own sin towards them" says quite a lot about you and your twisted worldview.

[seer]

How so?

[Mountain Man]

Right, just like a young woman wearing a mini skirt is asking to be raped.