[RealJustme]

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama on Thursday condemned those who seek to use religion as a rationale for carrying out violence around the world, declaring that "no god condones terror."

"We are summoned to push back against those who would distort our religion for their nihilistic ends," Obama said during remarks at the National Prayer Breakfast. He singled out militant groups in Iraq and Syria, calling the militants a "death cult," as well as those responsible for last month's terror attacks in Paris and deadly assault on a school in Pakistan.

"We are summoned to push back against those who would distort our religion for their nihilistic ends," Obama said during remarks at the National Prayer Breakfast. Obama offered a special welcome to a "good friend," the Dalia Lama, seated at a table in front of the dais among the audience of 3,600 from around the world. Earlier Obama, seated at the head table, pressed his hands together in a prayer-like position and bowed his head toward the Dalai Lama, then gave him a wave and a broad smile.

The president said that while religion is a source for good around the world, people of all faiths have been willing to "hijack religion for their own murderous ends."

"Unless we get on our high horse and think that this is unique to some other place, remember that during the Crusades and Inquisition, people committed terrible deeds in the name of Christ," Obama said. "In our home country, slavery and Jim Crow all too often was justified in the name of Christ. There is a tendency in us, a simple tendency that can pervert and distort our faith.

Obama openly condemned Christians by name but avoided condemning Muslims, he just said "militants"

[elklindo69]

They are already bombing the self proclaimed Muslims in Syria.

What else do you want? An apology of some kind from Obama???

:roll:

[johnforbes]

Obama can't even say "Islamic terrorists."

This dishonesty makes it impossible for America to help fight ISIS.

[sillydaddy]

Obama is the worst President this country has ever seen. What President speaks to his nation as if he was her enemy?

[johnforbes]

And going back to the Crusades in some clumsy attempt to rationalize ISIS?

Totally nuts.

[RealJustme]

The Crusades was a result of a religious war Muslims waged against Christian and the Christians started fighting back, they openly declared Muslims were their enemy and set out to kick their asses. Muslims weren't the victim of the Crusades they were the instigators. Once Christians start fighting back in this war Muslims will yell Crusades again, after all only Muslims are allowed to declare religious wars, it wouldn't be PC for Christians to do the same.

[Clownkicker]

Where is our hypocrite johnforbes declaring that RelTool has no degree in history as he denounces The Tool's "false certitude" about the Middle East?

[sillydaddy]

Clown knows Obama was way way out of line on this one.....only thing he didn't do was yell out, "Allahu Akbar".

[elklindo69]

Obama spoke the truth did he not?

Christians committed atrocities in the name of religion during the crusades...did they not???

:shock:

[sillydaddy]

As you can see from the post above, Elk's dim lit logic is the result of an education received in the equally dim lit halls at the school of hard knocks, where he was a less than marginal pupil. Hard lessons learned, mostly about the head and shoulders, still ringing in his ears.