a lie you hear about christianity

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Originally Posted by Veritas the invincible

"Oh it has caused the most wars and death..."


truth: There was nothing holy about the holy roman empire. They killed the common folks for wanting to read their bibles, instead of having the priests read it to them. Same goes for the inquisition. If anything, both of these factions were more like the muslims than christians.

truth: The wars that have killed the most people have nothing to do with religion. WWI.....nope. WWII....nope, in fact hitler said that after he killed the jews, he would kill the christians. Korean war....nope. Civil war...nope. Stalin murdering 20 million of his own people...nope.


Truth: there have been over 30 million, yes million documented cases of abortions in this country....my mind staggers to think about the numbers of the entire world....surely this is not a godly thing fair?

truth: Anti-god communistic, political, and eugenics have killed far more people in the last 100 years than Christianity has in it's entire existence.


Have a great day friend!

I have been more or less a fan until this post. I'm sorry but most of your "facts" here are highly inaccurate and influenced more by your personal biases than any connection to the truth.

Christians get a pass when people pervert the scriptures and kill in God's name, but that doesn't apply to anyone else?

Yes. They Inquisition and the Holy Romans are similar to some modern day Muslims in terms of violence. That was the whole point of this original comparison. Both religions have had periods of mass violence against people with different beliefs. That's entirely the point. Christianity is the same as Islam in this respect

If you're saying those wars had nothing to do with religion you're skimming significant portions of history. Nazism and Communism were reactionary policies that competed with religion for the hearts and minds of followers. That's exactly why they were so opposed to (other) organized religions. In way Nazism and Stalinist Marxism were both religious personality cults built around a charismatic leader (see N. Korea for a modern day example). Maybe not caused by Christianity but the psychological drivers in all the wars you named have the same basis as religious wars.

The Civil War was highly religious as this was a very Christian nation at the time and Biblical narratives were used frequently on both sides for justification of atrocious actions. Slave owners tried to used the Bible to justify slavery in countless cases, you don't have to search hard to find examples.

I'm assuming the last statement was a joke so I won't address it.

Thanks friend!