re: #12 Cap’n Magic

At least with the more militant strain of Islamists, they walk the talk: I can count on one hand the number of militant Christian martyrs in the last 10+ years-Islam? Hundreds, if not thousands. The fact that Christianists don’t accept martyrdom (let alone willingly) shows just how much faith these apologists have-none. They’re nothing more than Neo-Pharisees. After all, would Jesus wear a Rolex on his TV show?

The early Irish church, frustrated at the lack of martyrdom opportunities in Ireland, created the concept of ‘the white martyrdom’, which could be achieved through asceticism, exile, or other extraordinary activities in the faith.

The equivalent for the modern American wingnut is eating at Chick-Fil-A.

Meanwhile, you have people like Yousef Nadarkhani, who are actually suffering for their faith, but never mind him.