"Terrorist" is becoming a common word today like "Nazism" or "Fascism". It really has lost its meaning. It used to be "Communist" remember?

Missionaries run the gamut from benign to obnoxious, mostly concerned with messing with people's minds, some who do good work in feeding and caring for the homeless (let's be fair here), but "terrorist" is too simplistic.

The ruining of Iraq is a form of terrorism which by definition is using violence to
coerce an ideology. Historically, there have been some missionaries that have done this but not all. Torquemada, the Grand Inquisitor of Spain burnt a few non-believers in his auto-de-fe's, Martin Luther and John Wesley advocated the burning of witches,.......
oh and then there's Pat Robertson.....aside from these notable figures I've not found in my experience missionaries generally who advocate a violent means to influence the laity.

I suspect that the U.S. Air Force may be applying violent actions to some of their non-believing cadets and there's some Christian fragging going on in the Army. How 'bout the bible spouting gun barrels being used, made in Michigan?

But missionaries as terrorists (as defined by using violence) I suspect is pretty rare.
Many attribute this to Islam but that sounds like blind prejudice if applied to the general Muslim population. That's like saying that all Christians are white supremicists
which is ridiculous.

Let's please be careful about tossing around the "T" word. It's meaning is only interpreted when used as a verbal weapon and we have too many of those already.

Save that word for the politicians who use it to get elected giving it a meaningless and hollow ring.

[Please note- this thread is 10 years old and has become a target for spam and trolls and olddude saw it after it was again refreshed by a troll. Let's close it and if you feel the need to reopen these issues, start a new thread and copy the relevant material}