Religious Iconaclasm

[Manny]

What do you guys think of Christians doing religious Iconoclasm?

http://www.desicontrarian.com/?p=95

(iconoclasm (countable and uncountable, pluraliconoclasms

The belief in, participation in, or sanction of destroying religious icons and other symbols or monuments, usually with religious or political motives.)

Throughout history, Religious iconoclasm of destroying, usurping others religious iconography for the purpose of conversion and waging a religious war were committed by both Christianity and Islam (e.g. Hagia Sophia in Istanbul, The Cordoba church in Spain, many temples including but not limited to Ayodia in India) . But one would have thought that it was all part of history we read about in school and today we all have matured and live in a pluralistic and tolerant world with social norms of decency. Interestingly Muslims of the world with the exception of the Taliban’s destruction of the Bahamian Buddhist statues in Afghanistan, for the most part have given up on this vile practice, particularly in India,. However, Christian evangelicals still continue on this path through out this world and it has taken on a rabid and rapid pace in India. (Recent event in Malaysia where evangelicals hijacked the word “Allah� for the Christian god while emphatically stating the exclusivity of the Christian god which is supposedly superior to all other “false gods� )

I am afraid this is not going to lead to some happy place. This is going to rile up a lot of people and its eventually going to lead to religious riots. But I believe the evangelicals have already taken into account the potential riots and its cannon fodder casualties into their calculus..

They still see these events as a net gain for the spread of Christianity.