Originally Posted by cherylncliff

i suppose the same comment could be made about any religion. I thought christianity was a peaceful religion but how many people were killed in the crusades or during wwii by the nazis (all christians). What we often forget is that while religions profess peace and peaceful relations, there are a lot of bad people in the world who often try to hide behind religion or profess to do god's will even though they are doing their own will.

Re the apology, i thought the bible teaches one to turn the other cheek and to do unto others as you would have them do unto you. By apologizing isn't president obama, in fact, doing exactly what is taught by all the judeo-christian and islamic holy books?