a young lady yesterday asked about steroetype wicca. this young lady was give a link to a website that states that the salem witch trials where not christian doing and that joan of arc wasnt of christ but accourding to joan of arc she was sent by the mighty god of the bible. christians please you need to know the truth about your religions history and keep it the way it was written down and not try to change it at all. the facts are the facts christianity has a very long history of blood shed.
the website was this http://usminc.org its as false as they come and i am not pleased with stuff like this its just as bad as whynotaskdon's website full of lies and bigotry
2006-08-31 05:09:47 · 24 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Christians do have a bad history. Burning of witches, indulgences, inquisitions, crusades, etc. Many Christians will be quick to point out that these things were done by people and not God. Yet they fail to notice that these "people" commited these acts in the name of God.
2006-08-31 05:13:05 · answer #1 · answered by Rance D 5 · 6⤊ 1⤋
Almost every religion has some sort of negative history attached to it. People can not deny history but they can keep it from repeating itself. I am not christian but I do know the history of Christianity, how is was started from Judaism, and how it managed to maintain its authority as a religion throughout history.
I don't think quoting the bible is a good idea either because the bible was written 200 years after Jesus walked the earth. Not to mention is was written by men in one language and translated or thousands of years. Any that knows about languages knows that translations often lose their original meanings.
Know the history, don't deny it, but maintain the idea that it will not be that way again. If you are pagan why lower yourself to the level of other closed minded persons and put down someones elses religious beliefs. If you do not like the religion fine that is your opinion but please don't be like the rest and show only the faults and the none of the good.
For the record I am a solitary witch. I used to practice Wicca and I did grow up Christian. Knowledge is power. Start reading!
2006-09-01 13:51:21 · answer #2 · answered by Nelly 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
What??? I can't belief Help put that Catholics are not Christians!!! I think someone needs to go back and check their facts. Oh and besides the Salem Witch hunts (which was Puritans aka Christians) and Joan of Arc, don't forget about the Inquisition! I have had the pleasure of going to Salem Ma. and seeing the museums about the witch hunts and how not only witches but also "good Christians" were killed in the fever of religious cleansing.
Blessed Be )O(
2006-08-31 12:19:51 · answer #3 · answered by Stephen 6 · 3⤊ 0⤋
it's called rationalization. It is a defense mechanism. And yes, many fundies employ this. Many out of a deep fear that if they are wrong on one issue, then are they wrong on everything? This threatens their entire sense of who they are and how they feel about God. (I have run across this more than once and even felt this way myself at one point. However, I have come to terms with the fact that I don't know everything and that I was wrong on many things.)
I don't know about the whole history thing. I have never run across that as far as the Salem Witch trials etc go, but obviously some people believe it. And I have run across some material where fundies are incensed that not everyone was a big fan of some of the Founding Fathers, because they were all "Christians", but the secular world is distorting these men, blah,blah, blah. I tune it all out now and thank God for saving me from this lifestyle, lol.
2006-08-31 12:15:58 · answer #4 · answered by mountain_laurel1183 5 · 4⤊ 1⤋
There has never been anything good about Christianity or any of the other "revealed god" religions. They are just poor excuses to kill and hate.
Hey help, a Christian is anyone that believes that Christ is the son of god, so that includes catholics, Mormons, Jehovah's witness, etc..
So yes they were Christians. quit denying your religion's bloody murderous history.
To deny history is to forget history and if you forget history, you will not learn the lessons from history which inevitably causes history to repeat itself.
christian history lesson:
How many millions of people have been slaughtered by Christians in the name of their god?
approximately 10 million each for the crusades and inquisition.
6 million by Hitler in the quest for his master race which was blond hair, blue eyed, Christians.
At least a few hundred thousand in the witch hunts.
20 thousand more in Serbia in the nineties.
Ok now let's take a look at christian current affairs:
CCF (christian children's fund) "Oh your a poor starving Muslim child? Tough, get out of here because you can starve to death for all we care. You don't get any of these piles of food because you are not a christian."
2006-08-31 12:16:45 · answer #5 · answered by sprcpt 6 · 2⤊ 2⤋
I've never met a Christian that denied any of this. Don't forget the crusades. Just because one group associated with Christianity commited evil acts doesn't mean all Christians for the rest of eternity are bad.
I'll even go so far as to apologize for their actions even though I wasn't involved. They misrepresented the faith.
I'll also apologize for my shortcoming in my own faith. I'm still working on loving others, feeding the poor, and following Jesus as much as I know I need to. I'm working on it, and I think I'm getting better.
2006-08-31 12:17:28 · answer #6 · answered by luvwinz 4 · 3⤊ 0⤋
I went to the website you mention, http://usminc.org, and looked for what you state are claims that the Salem witch trials were not perpetrated by Christians and that Joan of Arc was not of Christ.
Did you visit and read the website yourself? I can't believe you did because the website does not make the claims you state.
Read it again.
2006-08-31 12:47:32 · answer #7 · answered by tessainbelgium 2 · 1⤊ 2⤋
I was raised in a home that was christian.
and I think you have a drastic confusion going on. The Catholic church, was the ONLY church for a very very long time...16 or so centuries. However, the stereotyping you are portraying here, is purely that. A one sided story.
I was raised christian, does that mean I was the one that burned witches?...or that I was the one that set up the inquisition?
no.
the same stereotyping you are saying about Fundies, is the same like saying All Pagans worship the devil
Yeah...some do...not all but some do.
or...like saying All pagans are these tree hugging gurus who eat tofu and prance around naked
yeah..some of us do...the majority of us don't.
so..step back and think before you accuse the whole lot of someone for doing something that maybe...MAYBE some of that prejudice doesn't exist through out the whole lot of them
that doesn't mean it doesn't exist with some...My Uncle is one who would probably s tart burning witches tomorrow if he could...
but that doesn't mean all of them would
Oh...and for that matter...the catholics didn't decide
a pagan roman did....
2006-08-31 12:22:56 · answer #8 · answered by charmed3x3 2 · 1⤊ 2⤋
i think that it is out of disappointment. hopefully, and i may be naive in saying this, most christians don't believe that all the bloodshed by their people was good and they don't want it to happen again so they try to deny it, which is forgiveable. atleast they are denying it instead of trying to make it happen again. (i am not christian/catholic so i do not know for sure) bloodshed did happen a lot in past times, but just looking at my history and origin being a reform jew(one that is not orthodox and does not cover my body or go to temple all the time or have friday night shabbat all the time) i cannot truly think of a time where the jewish people ganged up on anyone for anything and killed. it is against our principles
2006-08-31 12:14:52 · answer #9 · answered by hernamewaslola 3 · 1⤊ 1⤋
maybe because they are in denial? In today's society, people whould rather listen to whatever information is given to them, even if its a lie, than to think for themselves or research a subject. I know that catholicism is the start of christianity, whether they are true or false christians is not for other christians to decide, but if they see a rotten apple they should learn from that instead of be in denial about the rotten apples in the bunch, according to thier bible you shall know them by thier fruits, and if they want to eat a rotten apple, then let them, they are only fooling themselves by thinking its a fresh apple.
2006-08-31 16:48:37 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋