Speaking of Torture - The Christianising of Europe

[Freedom_from_Chains]

Loving Your Neighbour? – Killing Your Opponents!

Christians get a lot of mileage out of the aphorism of 'turning the other cheek', a sentiment originating at least as early as Pythagoras in the fifth century BC. Yet both in theory and in practice, Christians have honoured the principle of murdering their opponents. The word, it seems, came from the very top. Apparently Jesus himself said:


"But those mine enemies, which would not that I should reign over them, bring hither, and slay them before me."
– Luke 19.27 *

http://www.jesusneverexisted.com/murderers.htm

[kwassa]

1. It is so useful to misrepresent Jesus

This quote pops up from time to time, but these are not the words expressing the beliefs of Jesus, but the words of a character in a parable that Jesus is telling to his followers.

Quoting it out of context changes the meaning quite completely.

[Freedom_from_Chains]

2. Hey what can I say it was being a slow night so I thought I would

see if I could liven things up.

[Finder]

3. Like the latest Pope controversy...

Not the words expressing the beliefs of the Pope but the words of a character...

[NAO]

4. Speaking of Christinization - "The Winter of the World"

Winter of the World – The Terrible Cost of "Christendom"
http://www.jesusneverexisted.com/winter.html

Illuminating the terrifying history of a morbid cult that destroyed the ancient world

Raised to the status of State religion the Christian Church reigned over the destruction of civilization. As the centuries passed religious barbarism grew ever more vicious...

[Freedom_from_Chains]

5. Tsk, Tsk, your not suppose to use the C - word when talking about

this. They'll start claiming they are being persecuted again. :smoke:

[Freedom_from_Chains]

6. Got to love this quote:

Christianity was the first creed in history to exterminate its adversaries in the name of love.

[TallahasseeGrannie]

8. And whose quote was that?

[TallahasseeGrannie]

7. Go back and read the passage

Jesus here is saying that the earthly NOBLEMAN who became King would tell the servants to go and bring those against him to be killed, as earthly kings tend to do - ITS a PARABLE.

If you are going to try and start something, at least get a good passage. There are plenty of koans in the Bible..enough to spin a zen master's head.