04-15-2002, 07:01 PM
Religon corrupts the state. And the state corrupts religon.
As for Bonaparte unbanning religon in France I'm not sure it was him. I think it was the ruling executive council called "the Directory" that took over after Robespierre and the rest of the Committee of Public Safety were forcibily removed.
Christianity was your normal Jewish cult(hundreds of similar ones at that time). It held many of the same Jewish traditions such as Passover. But as it spread out it degenerated into a terrible monster. It truly turned for the worse when Constantine made it the official Roman State religon.
Constantine called for the Council of Nicea. In it many of the doctrines that we know today were made such as celibacy. There was also a certain sect of Christianity to be divine and human at the same time(I think my memory is vague on this part). Constantine banished two bishops who suscribed to this.
Constantine is viewed by many as a great man who brought Christianity to the masses. But in fact he was still a Pagan until his deathbed when he FINALLY converted. He was notably anti-Jewish because he viewed the Jews as a pestilence so he wanted to remove anything distinctly Judaic from Christianity. This is when the seeds were planted for the Catholic Church of the Dark Ages to spiral into an abyss of hypocrisy, lies, ambition, murder, and corruption.
As for Bonaparte unbanning religon in France I'm not sure it was him. I think it was the ruling executive council called "the Directory" that took over after Robespierre and the rest of the Committee of Public Safety were forcibily removed.
Christianity was your normal Jewish cult(hundreds of similar ones at that time). It held many of the same Jewish traditions such as Passover. But as it spread out it degenerated into a terrible monster. It truly turned for the worse when Constantine made it the official Roman State religon.
Constantine called for the Council of Nicea. In it many of the doctrines that we know today were made such as celibacy. There was also a certain sect of Christianity to be divine and human at the same time(I think my memory is vague on this part). Constantine banished two bishops who suscribed to this.
Constantine is viewed by many as a great man who brought Christianity to the masses. But in fact he was still a Pagan until his deathbed when he FINALLY converted. He was notably anti-Jewish because he viewed the Jews as a pestilence so he wanted to remove anything distinctly Judaic from Christianity. This is when the seeds were planted for the Catholic Church of the Dark Ages to spiral into an abyss of hypocrisy, lies, ambition, murder, and corruption.
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