Joel Ward racist tweets?

[jconc1941 0]

sadly racist comments and acts will never go away there always some idiot continuing the theme lol... if only everyone went to college

[gymmonster 4]

sadly racist comments and acts will never go away there always some idiot continuing the theme lol... if only everyone went to college

Don't know if you can really say there is a correlation between racism and education.

[RadioGaGa 162]

Don't know if you can really say there is a correlation between racism and education.

Raciscts with a better vocabulary???

[chk hrd 164]

Higher education, social status, religion, etc. have no bearing on racism. I have met many well educated, rich people who are scum and many "poor", high school drop outs who are the salt of the earth. To think that just because someone has a better eduation is completely narrow minded.

[dsjunior1388 81]

Higher education, social status, religion, etc. have no bearing on racism. I have met many well educated, rich people who are scum and many "poor", high school drop outs who are the salt of the earth. To think that just because someone has a better eduation is completely narrow minded.

Yeah, of Fred Phelps 14 children (Of Westboro baptist church) 12 of them are lawyers. Incredibly smart and educated people, and it hasn't slowed their bigotry a bit.

http://imgur.com/a/9PWPG

Caps fans were just as quick to jump on Joel Ward after his unfortunate late game penalty.

[RadioGaGa 162]

Really???? A kkk hastag! FML...people are stupid and this world is doomed! I kinda hope the Mayans were right!

[hockeymass 11]

Just goes to show that there are morons in every group.

[Chadd 916]

Yeah, of Fred Phelps 14 children (Of Westboro baptist church) 12 of them are lawyers. Incredibly smart and educated people, and it hasn't slowed their bigotry a bit.

Religious zealotry is another story entirely, let's not get into that.

[wrangler 157]

You can't reconcile Christianity with racism, anyway.

[chk hrd 164]

You can't reconcile Christianity with racism, anyway.

Why Not?

[hockeymass 11]

Why Not?

That's absolutely an absurd question/implication that doesn't really have a place in this discussion, honestly.

[wrangler 157]

Chadd told me not to feed the trolls.

[chk hrd 164]

I hope you are not referring to me as a troll. I've been a member for a long time and with over thousand posts I think I'm definitely not a troll.

A statement was made regarding religion and racism. I asked a simple question for an simple answer. Instead of people getting upset why not post an intelligent reply. I am very curious about the statement.

[wrangler 157]

My statement was not about "religion and racism", but "Christianity", specifically, and racism.

OK, I thought you were trolling, since the answer seems obvious to me. I can't reconcile "Love thy neighbor" and the Golden Rule with hating people. As I recall, the Good Samaritan story had the ancillary lesson of showing a member of a group subject to racial discrimination as the only good person to show up, to pick just one example from teachings attributed to Christ.

[chk hrd 164]

The answer wasn't obvious to me, that is why I asked. Religion (including Christianity) has created some of the most bigotted people in history. Hating a culture, race or class of people because they are different or have different beliefs is wrong.The Inquisition, Crusades, Final Solution, etc, etc, etc show that.

Nifty sayings like Love thy Neighbor and The Golden Rule should have nothing to do with religion. They are they way mankind should be towards each other. People need to accept people for who they are, regardless of color, gender sexual preference, religion and everything else that makes people different.

[wrangler 157]

The answer wasn't obvious to me, that is why I asked. Religion (including Christianity) has created some of the most bigotted people in history. Hating a culture, race or class of people because they are different or have different beliefs is wrong.The Inquisition, Crusades, Final Solution, etc, etc, etc show that.

Nifty sayings like Love thy Neighbor and The Golden Rule should have nothing to do with religion. They are they way mankind should be towards each other. People need to accept people for who they are, regardless of color, gender sexual preference, religion and everything else that makes people different.

It's obvious that Jesus didn't teach discrimination.

And rules or guidelines (not "nifty sayings", but bases for philosophies) for how to treat your fellow man are certainly within the purview of religion.

That's twice you've tried to expand this beyond the scope of Christianity, rather than discussing my original comment, which you purported to be questioning here. I've answered your question, and don't wish to take this thread off track any further.

[215BroadStBullies610 435]

Any TRUE Christian can't and won't be racist. As mentioned, it's not what is taught and expected. Now there are people who claim they are 'Christians' yet don't follow the Bible and it's guidelines. 'Love They Neighbor' isn't some nifty saying, it is suppose to be a way of life.

[Chadd 916]

Guys, this is way off topic. I enjoy debates on religion away from here, but this is a hockey site and in the NHL forum. This is not an appropriate place for this debate and nobody ever changes their mind about religion based on an online debate. Let's focus on the things that bring us together and not the things that push us apart.