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Post by The_L on Aug 12, 2011 7:04:09 GMT -5
Yes, I know this is nothing new. But...damn.How, exactly, does any of this constitute "persecuted minority?" Seriously. THIS, right here, is why fundies scare me. Anyone who can delude zirself into believing things like this is not likely to want to negotiate terms with us "godless" types.
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Post by Smurfette Principle on Aug 12, 2011 7:07:07 GMT -5
I'm just going to marry this article, BRB.
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Post by Shane for Wax on Aug 12, 2011 11:49:50 GMT -5
Just wait, the cycle will go back to some flavor of Pagan soon enough. And then maybe we will have complete separation of religion and politics.
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Post by Old Viking on Aug 12, 2011 14:36:03 GMT -5
They construct and live within their own mental universe. (I use the word "mental" in its loose construction.)
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Post by jackmann on Aug 12, 2011 15:47:12 GMT -5
You have to remember, they don't consider anyone less crazy than themselves to be Christian. If the other person isn't calling for a theocracy, they aren't really a Christian, and are part of the vast conspiracy to persecute them.
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Post by Thejebusfire on Aug 12, 2011 15:52:35 GMT -5
You have to remember, they don't consider anyone less crazy than themselves to be Christian. If the other person isn't calling for a theocracy, they aren't really a Christian, and are part of the vast conspiracy to persecute them. That's exactly what I was going to say. |
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Post by gomer21xx on Aug 12, 2011 15:52:55 GMT -5
And that's totally shared on Facebook.
Good find, L! =)
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Post by Random Guy on Aug 12, 2011 18:25:34 GMT -5
The Bible says that Christians will be persecuted for their faith, and that being persecuted for one's faith is a sign that one is truly following God. There are also several passages stating that the larger world is against Christianity, including one that goes something like "Anyone who is a friend of the world is an enemy of God."
Therefore, Good Christians must, by definition, be a persecuted minority or they're not Christian enough. There is a desperate spiritual need to feel like the world hates them. So no matter how much Christianity dominates politics and society, no matter how many people believe in Christ without suffering for it, many Christians believe in the whole "We're being persecuted" ideology because they feel they have to. Otherwise, they're not Christian enough.
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Post by Vypernight on Aug 12, 2011 18:28:31 GMT -5
Technically, Christians Are a minority . . . compared to cockroaches (no offense to cockroaches everywhere).
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Post by Runa on Aug 12, 2011 21:55:30 GMT -5
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I wish they were a minority. Pity the Romans didn't do better with the lions, eh?
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Post by worlder on Aug 12, 2011 22:01:12 GMT -5
... I wish they were a minority. Pity the Romans didn't do better with the lions, eh? It was the Romans (okay to more specific Eastern Empire) that ultimately helped to spread it throughout Europe. |
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Post by MaybeNever on Aug 12, 2011 22:59:02 GMT -5
... I wish they were a minority. Pity the Romans didn't do better with the lions, eh? It was the Romans (okay to more specific Eastern Empire) that ultimately helped to spread it throughout Europe. I read a story once where the Battle of Milvian Bridge, where Constantine supposedly had the vision that lead him to convert, was a major defeat for him instead of an astonishing victory that gave him virtually absolute dominion over the whole empire. Afterward, the Christians were on the back foot for several centuries until Charles Martel, grandfather of Charlemagne, converted... to Judaism. At that point Christianity declined until it was just a handful of people. |
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Post by Amaranth on Aug 13, 2011 11:40:27 GMT -5
... I wish they were a minority. Pity the Romans didn't do better with the lions, eh? It was the Romans (okay to more specific Eastern Empire) that ultimately helped to spread it throughout Europe. They weren't exactly the leading edge, though. They could have totally nipped it in the bud before that point. |
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Post by Meshakhad on Aug 14, 2011 13:45:22 GMT -5
It was the Romans (okay to more specific Eastern Empire) that ultimately helped to spread it throughout Europe. I read a story once where the Battle of Milvian Bridge, where Constantine supposedly had the vision that lead him to convert, was a major defeat for him instead of an astonishing victory that gave him virtually absolute dominion over the whole empire. Afterward, the Christians were on the back foot for several centuries until Charles Martel, grandfather of Charlemagne, converted... to Judaism. At that point Christianity declined until it was just a handful of people. Where did you read this? I'd be VERY interested. |
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Post by Mlle Antéchrist on Aug 14, 2011 13:52:42 GMT -5
So Jew Pope isn't such a wacky idea after all...
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