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Would you call the IRA a style of Catholicism? Would you call the abortion clinic bombers a style of Christianity?

Individuals transgressing the law are no reason to paint a large group of people with the same brush.

Would I call the Crusades a style of Christianity? The Inquisition? Yes, I would, to both of those, and yes I would to both of yours.

Religions are not entities, we can only judge them in the context of what people do in the name of them.

What about a country where the head of the church is also the head of the armed forces? Where nuclear missile submarines are launched with "god bless her and all who sail in her"?

Where belief in God, the head of state and the superiority over foreigners are pretty much the same creed

And all that because the pope would not sanction a divorce.

> Where nuclear missile submarines are launched with "god bless her and all who sail in her"?

Are you referring to the United States? Officially speaking, by the word of the President of the United States, the USA invaded Iraq because God spoke to George W. Bush and God told him to invade Iraq.

Source: http://www.bbc.co.uk/pressoffice/pressreleases/stories/2005/...

I think the GP is referring to England.

The English head of state (the Queen) is also the head of the church of England.

see: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Church_of_England

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