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-Demosthenes- said:There is no Christian church, there is no coherent Christian group of any type.
As an Anglo you belong to a "group," but it is not coherent and members of this same "group" have no necessarily similar traits except that you are a certain color.
Christians are only slightly different, they have only one common trait: they believe in some sort of Christ figure, but there is still no coherent group.
The KKK have a negative defining trait: racism.
When comparing the identification with a deity with racism the rational half of the earth will notice the inherent evilness of racism, and maybe the possible corruption of the Christian trait of identification with a deity but there is no inherent evilness.
Christians: not a coherent group, based on deity, not inherently evil concept.
KKK: Coherent group based on racism and hate, both inherently evil concepts.
You know nothing of Christianity or the Klan. Here is a list of "groups" of Christians and estimated membership:
1 Catholic Church 2002 66,407,105
2 Southern Baptist Convention 2003 16,400,000
3 United Methodist Church 2002 8,251,042
4 Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints 2004 5,599,177
5 Evangelical Lutheran Church in America 2003 4,984,925
6 Church of God in Christ 1991 * 4,500,000
7 Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) 2001 3,595,259
8 National Baptist Convention of America 1987 3,500,000
9 Assemblies of God 2002 2,687,366
10 Lutheran Church - Missouri Synod 2003 2,512,714
They all have governing bodies that determine policies of the organization. They all take in tithes in order to maintain organization and are able to help members in need.
Those, my friend, are groups. Those are 'coherent' Christian organizations. They all have 'Christ' as a central figure. They all have different doctrine on how to approach 'Christ' and how to deal with the world and sin.
These are the different branches of the Ku Klux Klan:
Imperial Klans of America is headquartered in Powderly, Kentucky;
American Knights of the Ku Klux Klan in Butler, Indiana;
Knights of the White Kamelia in Jasper, Texas.
I'm going to further assume that the original poster wasn't just speaking about the Klan, since the Klan is one of the smallest organizations, now, but all "racist" groups in general. Now you are talking about a myriad of different ideologies from white supremacist, to rebuilding the Nazi regime to white nationalist and separatist.
None of you have yet to show me how being racist is evil or wrong other than saying "it just is". So leave the 'racism is evil' judgments at home. Bring me facts.