So I guess we are also on the same page.

As long as a particular belief does not condone mayhem, one cannot justly condemn the belief if one of its avowed adherents commits an act of said mayhem. Even if he claims that he was following his beliefs.

Quakers are reknown for their pacifism, so if a Quaker were to run amok, it's hardly fair to blame all Quakers for the actions of that one person.

I can say for a fact that exceedingly few Christians agree with Pat Robertson's remark about the Haitian earthquake being "God's punishment" for anything! Christianity (presumably based on the teachings of Jesus) simply doesn't work that way.

Don Firth