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Over at Creation Versus Evolution forum. An indepth discussion of the barbarity of early(–ish) Christianity, something a lot of people skimp over in their haste to denounce Islam.
setting the record straight Historically, Islam has been a religion of tolerance, while Christianity has been just the opposite, a religion of Intolerence.
As a Christian, I believe that we need to realize this failing in our Faith, and
to work towards making Christianity more tolerant. Christianity has a long
history of simply destroying other cultures and religions and in legally
mandating either conversion, expulsion or death. Some examples:
when the conquistadors arrived in South America they burned all of the religious tracts they found and outlawed the practice of any religion except Christianity.
Jews were expelled from England in 1290 under the Edict of Expulsion. They were barred from the Isles until the mid 1600s.
the Crusades which were attempts to redirect internal violence towards a non-aggressive outside neighbor.
Faith's own post describes the heart of Islam to be barbarity, even though the historical facts
do not support her assertion. |
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