Should People Take Justice Into Their Own Hands (partocular case)

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pizzahut451 said:

It is flattering when you think about how they haunted christians down and than later they themselfes became christian. It would be like Nazi Germany becoming jewish. Also, what the hell is yahweh? A jewish God? Dont mix that up. Because romans had much diffrent relations with jews and christians back than...

Anyway, Constanite's mother was also christian and Constantine claimed he saw the icon of Jesus and and a christian cross on the battlefield, so i would say that he was enlightend by God and Jesus Christ. He had no reason to make that stuff up, he didnt need to. He didnt just roll a dice and picked Christian God by an accident. I think something made him choose christianity, which is what i find fascinatig - his soldeirs were killing christians all over Isreal, and than he, the emperor, turns out christian.

And no one argued about the history of Christianity here, we all know some people forced their religion on others. I was just saying how amzaing it is for Christianity to conquer the empire tha tried to whipe it out. And dont try to put his actions as part of history of christianity. Its history isnt about how it was forced on people as many angry  atheists fundamentalists would have you believe. Christianity also didnt spread across europe using only violence. History of Christianity is about Jesus Christ and his teachings. Here is another link that explaines the stuff very well:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Constantine_the_Great#Religious_policy

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Early_centers_of_Christianity

Yes he did. In case you don't know this people made stuff like that up all the time back then (people still do now).As Vagabond said, it was just chance that he chose Christianity, nothing fascinationg like you want to beleive.

Vagabond did a better job than I could at exposing how vile Christians were, and how the ideea that they "conquered" Rome without violence is a myth (and it's well known how it spread around the rest of Europe). You may want to cover your ears with your hands and go "lalalala", but that's the "glorious" history of your religion: dumb luck, lies, and violence.

P.S.: Both historical and biblical scholars agree that Jesus was born during the summer. Vagabond is also right about why Christmas is celebrated during winter.

 

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