The Christianity Thread

[Lisnaholic]

Originally Posted by Chula Vista

Fun read. Scroll down to get a description of some of their more "colorful" methods.

http://see_the_truth.webs.com/inquisition.html

^ Well done! Some much-needed perspective on who has been persecuted by whom, and if we throw in the treatment of indigenous peoples in the Americas, Africa, India and Australia, the balance seems pretty clear: the human race by the Christians.

[The Batlord]

To be fair, we're not talking about the copious sins of the past. We're talking about the modern era.

[RoxyRollah]

Remember the inquisition tho.....#neverforget.

[Chula Vista]

Originally Posted by The Batlord

To be fair, we're not talking about the copious sins of the past. We're talking about the modern era.

Originally Posted by RoxyRollah

Remember the inquisition tho.....#neverforget.

The places where Isis is expanding are a few hundred years behind the modern era, so it's apt.

[The Batlord]

Originally Posted by Chula Vista

The places where Isis is expanding are a few hundred years behind the modern era, so it's apt.

No it's not. Remembering the past to understand the present is important, but we're still living in the present, and so the Inquisition is not relevant except how it directly affects the present.

[Chula Vista]

Originally Posted by The Batlord

No it's not. Remembering the past to understand the present is important, but we're still living in the present, and so the Inquisition is not relevant except how it directly affects the present.

Disagree. We always look to the past for inspiration. Who knows, maybe some ISIS militants look to horrors the Christians did in the past to infidels to justify some of their horrendous actions today.

ISIS crucifies people. They're not the first to do it.
ISIS burns people alive. They're not the first to do it.

And anyway, my point is that any Christian who looks at extreme Islamist militants as an aberration of humanity, needs to understand it's nothing new. We just should all be thankful that they don't have the same power and influence as those who committed the horrors 500 years ago had.

[Zhanteimi]

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[kibbeh]

Originally Posted by mordwyr

There is nothing new under the sun.

And...the heart of man is deceitful above all things and desperately wicked.

this is what i always found fascinating about christians. that they believe man in inherently evil. in islam its the opposite. man is inherently pure but is always inevitably ruined by the evils of earth and shaytan (satan) and the nafs and whatnot.

[Chula Vista]

Originally Posted by mordwyr

And...the heart of man is deceitful above all things and desperately wicked.

More bad design by God then? I will create a being that is wicked, but if he later chooses to worship at my altar, he shall then be granted goodness?

[Zhanteimi]

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