Quote Originally Posted by Papewaio
I wouldn't call Branch Davidians Christians just like I wouldn't call Islamic Terrorists mainstream muslims. I would call both groups religious fundamentalists trying to impose their belief system on the mainstream.

Religious fundamentalism is a root cause of a lot of problems. They have absolute answers and are absolutely sure in imposing them on absolutely everyone else.
Then can I call Hasidic Jews muslims too? Because Branch Davidians are not a fundamentalist subset of Christianity. They're not Christian at all. Christianity is about the divinity of Christ. They don't believe that. Christianity teaches that Christ is only divine being ever to live among men. Branch Davidians teach whoever they've got up at the pulpit at the moment is divine. People who worship snakes can call themselves Christians, and you can claim they represent our fundamentalist side, but you and they would be grossly wrong. Thus far, I haven't heard too many immams from the mainstream side issuing fatwahs against the hate preachers. I do see mainstream Christian churches defrocking and even excommunicating their wackos from time to time.

I would have expected a better argument than the old 'no difference between Christian & Islamic fundamentalists', and then going and getting a bunch of people that aren't even Christian to be our poster children.