Why do people cite Timothy McVeigh as an example of a "Christian terrorist"? (user search)
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« on: June 30, 2013, 11:15:44 AM »

Who is calling him a Christian terrorist?  And what's the context?  It's easy to pick apart this hypothetical stupid statement, but is this just something at you assert, "some people say?" 

McVeigh certainly wasn't motivated by Christianity so he wasn't a Christian terrorist like Bin Laden was a Muslim terrorist.  But, he was nominally Christian based on his family background and statements.  So, maybe you could call him a Christian terrorist, as in a terrorist who happens to be Christian.  That's misleading but perhaps that's what people mean.
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