for christianity to spread as it did?
if constantine never had adopted christianity, and killed all those people who wouldnt convert, and forced conversion on people. do you think christianity would still be as big as it is today?
do think this was a good event for christianity?
2007-03-01 08:05:16 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Christianity has always been spread on the point of a sword. No, if it were a peaceful religion, it wouldn't have spread like a virus all the way around the globe. It was a good event FOR christianity. A terrible event for the world it was inflicted on.
2007-03-01 08:14:51 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
There were way more people converted by the Gospels being preached than by forced conversions. Forcing people to believe in something is done by wicked men with wicked intentions. The Messiah never said for His followers to do that. Those men who have done the will of man and NOT the will of God are to blame for the deaths of innocent peoples. Regardless, the Word would have spread without Constantine.
2007-03-01 08:18:16 · answer #2 · answered by Goober W 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Christianity would not have done anything if not for the point of the sword and the fire of the gun. Anyone who thinks otherwise needs to read history and how harsh thier religon forced others to convert.
2007-03-01 08:24:53 · answer #3 · answered by hormoth 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
killing is sin. It seperates people from God. It creates intolerance and false faith.
Killing is murder of the innocent for no justified reason.
God is no killer. God is a righteous judge.
Man sins. Man kills in the name of God. They are wrong. They are hypocrites. They are not fooling God.
2007-03-01 08:10:13 · answer #4 · answered by Doug 5 · 2⤊ 2⤋
What goods a religion if you can't act like you're better than others?
2007-03-01 08:10:27 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 2⤋
Those Aztecs needed "saving" I tell you!
2007-03-01 08:09:38 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 1⤋
self-defense
2007-03-01 08:15:05 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋