In the not too distant past many actions have taken place that we now view as inappropriate, despite their acceptance in those times. Often these methods of discrimination have been committed in the name of a diety.
From around the mid-15th century until the mid-18th century approximately 40,000 - 100,000 thousand people were executed in Europe and early America on the accusation of witchcraft. Twenty during the Salem witch hunt.
In contemporary times we generally scoff at the notion of witchcraft and consider these earlier hunts to be primarily caused over jealousy or other social despisement amongst a primitive people. We would not consider such action to be appropriate today.
What will they say about us in two hundred years? Will they adhere to modern Christianity's disdanement (discrimincation against) of several groups whom are viewed to be living outside of the Biblical principles ... or will they think how odd and primitive we must be to have done such?
2006-07-25
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