Angela Merkel = Hitler II?

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sapphi_snake said:

Killiana1a said:

@OP

Just because a national leader does not share your political and world views does not mean she is the second coming of Adolf Hitler.

As for Christian vs. Secular values, man does one need to study up on history. The Christianity one loves to demonize occurred during the Middle Ages. Since then, we have had the Renaissance and the subsequent rise of secularism in the 20th century.

Thusforth, Christian values are the foundation for which secular values could take root and grow. Without them, we may be living in some polytheistic tribal culture where if you offend one God, his followers will stone you to death. So please, consider the alternatives and history going all the way back to Socrates on through St. Augustine to Nietzsche.

Rome was a polytheistic tribal culture where if you offended one God his followers woul stone you to death? And what are these Christian values which were original, and actually invented by Christianity?

Compared to many other religions (arguably most other religions) Christianity has always been a very tolerant religion, and it is one of the reasons it was such a successful religion. The Catholic Saints and the religious celebrations demonstrate this quite well being that many of the saints are pagan deities and the celebrations are full of pagan practices, and the church grew through peaceful integration with other religions.

I don't think anyone was claiming that these ideas of tolerance were invented by Christianity, but they have been at the forefront of "Christian" countries for hundreds of years; and were typically a part of these societies through much of their history.