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Originally Posted by MTI
Some other things that Ms Coulter "left out."
Breivik chose to be baptized at age 15. He self-identified as "Christian" on his Facebook page. He thought "Christianity should recombine under the banner of a reconstituted and traditionalist Catholic Church" or, later, under a new (traditionalist) European Church.
Breivik is not an American-style evangelical Christian. He is not a "fundamentalist" in that sense. Though he does identify with American cultural Christian conservatives. And he considers himself to be fighting in the name of "our Christian cultural heritage." He supports a reconstituted Knights Templar devoted to winning a war against Islam in the name of Christianity.
Salon Magazine Alex Pareene
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So, it seems we are back to the debate of whether Christianity, or any religion, is personal or cultural. I think we can agree that there are elements of each.
I think what I find offensive is when charges like this are made, no one differentiates between the two with the implication that the perp's Christianity was "genuine". Further, I believe that on the part of many the blurring is intentional in an effort to ridicule Christianity, and make some sort of moral equivalency with other terrorists.