2006-12-05 15:10:12 · 31 answers · asked by AVATARD 2 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
They can't STAND it when someone disagrees with them. Those brainwshed fanatics have a mob mentality.
2006-12-05 15:12:13 · answer #1 · answered by Larry 1 · 5⤊ 2⤋
For the same reason that other groups killed.
Some of it was greed.
Some of it was to silence those who the church felt were spreading heresy. Some of it was to root out other religions or "savage" races.
Some religions are still killing today. Then again, so are different Christian sects.
Genocide is happening in some countries. Recently, or maybe currently in Africa. Christians practiced this as well.
I don't think the problem is religion, but man. Some of us simply hate people who are different from us, and some of these people find their way to positions of power; either in religious organizations or political ones. When this happens, it's easy for people to die.
Edit:
I just read Bob L's answer, and need to point out, in fairness, that it isn't just the Catholics that have killed other Christians. The Protestants have done more than their share in the 600 years they've been around. Just look at what Protestant England did to what used to be a Catholic Ireland.
Fairness demands that each be accountable, and pointing out only the Catholics is far less than fair.
BTW... I'm not either.
2006-12-05 15:16:19 · answer #2 · answered by Deirdre H 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
"it's not about me"... Serj doesn't need to put a statistic! he never compared any other religion either... and if you add ALL the christian killings and all the Islamic killings, I'm sure Christians will come in first place. and your statistic sucks too. That article sucks! In all 350 years only about 880 people died (yes that is a lot, but not in 350 years of an inquisition...) I'm sure the USA have killed more than 880 people in a year as well...and the crusades probably killed more people than that too. Of course know one knows for sure...
now, for serj's question....
The reason is because they didn't (and still don"t) except the fact that other people believed other things and Christians thought they could save the world by preaching(or killing them) if they disagreed.
2006-12-05 15:52:05 · answer #3 · answered by bob888 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I didn't do that. Why did white people like you kill so many people throughout history? If you get to hate Christians perhaps I should start dipping white people in pitch and using them to light my garden as Nero did the Christians.
2006-12-05 15:14:27 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Sure as hell wasn't because Jesus told them to do it!
Christianity is actually one of the most liberal, forward-thinking, egalitarian, and peace-loving religions out there. It's based on undeniable truths about human nature and the world we live in and have created for ourselves. It's pure common sense if you look at it without blinders on. Trouble is, our fellow man slaps blinders on us from the time we pop out of the womb, so our foolishness becomes our reality. Our truth. God isn't up at the pulpit at the front of the church; He's the man sitting in the back pew waiting to be welcomed to the congregation. Our trouble is we're all so used to thinkin backwards that it feels unnatural at first for us to reverse our thinking. You trust when you are given every reason not to. You forgive when you are hurt. You give to receive. And to truly experience real love, you give it, you don't seek it.
It's totally backward-thinking to our Me-Me-Me society. We're brought up expecting little of others, expecting at the same time too much and too little of ourselves, and trusting no one. No wonder we're hurting and so screwed up!
So my answer: Christians didn't kill all those people throughout history; plain ordinary everyday PEOPLE did it. People who chose to define themselves, unfortunately, as Christians. Many of them might have been genuine believers, but contrary to common misconception, being Christian doesn't make one immune to poor judgment. Jesus Christ and God our Father had nothing whatsoever to do with it. Let's lay blame where blame is due.
2006-12-05 15:33:51 · answer #5 · answered by intuition897 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Why did non-Christians kill so many throughout history?
Why did Catholics kill so many Protestants?
(Fox's Book of Martyrs)
Why do Muslims continue to kill?
Why Hamas? Hezbollah? PLO? Idi Amin? Hitler? Saddam Husein? Chinese? Japanese? Americans?
2006-12-05 15:18:34 · answer #6 · answered by Bob L 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
For the same reason many Jews, Muslims, Pagans,etc. have killed throughout the ages: greed, pride and power. It has NOTHING to do with God.
Blessed Be
2006-12-05 15:12:40 · answer #7 · answered by Celestian Vega 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Organized killings always go faster, so the church is able to kill as many as possible in such a short amount of time. That's why.
2006-12-05 15:13:10 · answer #8 · answered by Kyle W 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
They're not the only religion who has killed many and christians now realise that the crusade was wrong
2006-12-05 15:14:18 · answer #9 · answered by meloy 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Christians or like sheep. But most religions have many sheep in there midst.The devil works threw many religions..I am a Christian. Merry Christmas.
2006-12-05 15:13:46 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
...What makes you so sure it was true believers that did all this killing?
...What is a true believer? Someone who has trusted in Christ alone as Lord and Savior.
...While it may in vogue to blame Christians, what is your proof? And I wonder if you really care about the truth and what is correct?
2006-12-05 15:19:19 · answer #11 · answered by carson123 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋