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RosieG

In ancient times being a Christian could cost your life. They had to meet in secret. Today not being Christian can cost your life. Progress?

Posted - November 30, 2019
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  • 34758
    Who is killing non-Christians? Where?

    There are many places on earth today where you will be killed for being Christian. 

    In others such as China they persecute any minority religions. 
      November 30, 2019 5:04 AM MST
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  • 5391
    I‘m not so sure about non-Christians being killed these days; shunned, certainly in some places, but not murdered exclusively for their beliefs.
     
    But go back to the Middle Ages, The Crusades, and particularly the 13th thru 19th centuries, when various iterations of the Inquisition were in force in Europe and the New World, you find atheists, pagans, heretics and blasphemers were murdered as a matter of course for their beliefs, with the most heinous methods, by the parties of Christianity. This post was edited by Don Barzini at November 30, 2019 7:18 AM MST
      November 30, 2019 6:33 AM MST
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  • 113301
    Muslims and Jews are nonCristians DB and you know they are killed exclusively for their beliefs, no? Thank you for your reply.
      November 30, 2019 6:37 AM MST
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  • 5391

    What has changed in their circumstance(s) to make your question relevant? Religious intolerance has been a human reality since the inception of Theistic faith and demonstrates an inherent evil in it.

    What you infer is that simply not being a Christian is why the killing occurs, this is not entirely accurate. 
    Seems to me not being (the right kind of) Muslim is more likely to render one to a death sentence these days.
    No, it‘s not progress. It’s the same old hatred and ignorance retreaded to our common disadvantage. 

    This post was edited by Don Barzini at November 30, 2019 7:29 AM MST
      November 30, 2019 7:18 AM MST
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  • 113301
    We disagree. No big deal. Your view is from another place than mine. It happens. No blood is drawn no life is lost nothing has changed at all and neither one of us has been impacted in any way by this vast divergence of opinion. Would that all such disagreements be at this level and of this ilk.. Thank you for your reply DB.

    This post was edited by RosieG at November 30, 2019 7:23 AM MST
      November 30, 2019 7:22 AM MST
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