Christianity : Violent or Peaceful?
In the case of Christianity what should this tell us
Who committed crimes against civilian and wage wars and use discrimination and genocide against the humanity?
Some examples:
1- Inquisition against Muslims and Jews The Inquisition begins as Pope Gregory IX assigns Dominicans responsibility for combating heresy. Torture used (1252). Ferdinand and Isabella establish Spanish Inquisition (1478). Tourquemada, Grand Inquisitor, forces conversion or expulsion of Spanish Jews (1492). Forced conversion of Moors (1499). Inquisition in Portugal (1531). First Protestants burned at the stake in Spain (1543). Spanish Inquisition abolished (1834).
2- Crusade against Muslims Jews and Christian orthodox In 1095 at Council of Clermont, Pope Urban II calls for war to rescue Holy Land from Muslim infidels. The First Crusade (1096) is assembled in response to Emperor Alexius I. The Christians capture Antioch (1098) and Jerusalem (1099). They establish the Crusader States, ruled by Europeans. It is the only successful crusade. The Second Crusade begins after the Seljuk Turks recapture Edessa, one of the Crusader States, in 1144. It is led by King Louis VIII of France and Holy Roman Emperor Conrad III. Crusaders perish in Asia Minor (1147).
3- The Albigensian Crusade (so named, because the French city of Albi was a Cathar stronghold), lasted for 20 years, from 1209 to 1229. While authorized by the pope, the actual fighting was carried out primarily by secular forces, especially under Simon de Montfort. The suppression of the Cathar heresy established new "standards" for ferocity for the Roman Church in dealing with its own flock. Perhaps the most famous example was on July 22, 1209, when the city of Beziers was sacked, with over 20,000 men, women and children killed by crusaders. The event will forever be framed in history by the words of papal legate Arnaud, whom, when asked if Catholics should be spared during the assault, answered "Kill them all, for God knows His own".
4 - 1202 Pope Innocent III launches fourth Crusade to defeat Egypt. After some setbacks, Crusaders defy the pope and sack Constantinople, center of the Orthodox church. A three-day massacre by the Crusaders alienates the eastern and western churches for centuries.
5- WWI waged by Christian and the dead by million
6 - WWII waged by Christians and the dead by million
7- America attacked japan and used two atomic
bombs
against Japanese cities Hiroshima and Nagasaki.
Death toll of Japanese civillian
Hiroshima 118,661
Nagasaki 73,884
Hiroshima Injuries 79,130
Nagasaki Injuries 74,909
8- America used chemical weapon against Korea and Vietnam during war as (agent orange). And the victims was thousands of civilian.
9- Discrimination based on color and race .
10- Black cannot ride bus with whites May 4, 1961 -- Thirteen "Freedom Riders" begin bus trip through the South to test compliance with laws banning segregation in interstate transportation. Black and White riders were bombed and savagely beaten, but their movement
ended segregation interstate transportation facilities.
11- white Christian used apartheid against South African people
12- Racial Nazi Hitler and fascist Mussolini
13 - White supremacy and racial groups like KKK and its racial crime
14- Tulsa massacre against African American
15- Genocide against native American
16- Slave trade
This is only some example of crimes committed
against humanity committed by Christians.
Medical aspect of atomic bomb disaster in Nagasaki (INDEX)
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http://www-sdc.med.nagasaki-u.ac.jp/...medical-E.html
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discrimination against black and native american
WAGING GENOCIDE
CHRISTIAN MISSIONARIES & SMALLPOX,
THE ANDREW JACKSON CONNECTION
http://www.iwchildren.org/missionary.htm
The Great Black Church-burning Hoax
http://www.consumeralert.org/fumento/arson.htm
U.S. 'ethnic cleansing'
The 1921 Tulsa massacre
http://www.geocities.com/anaxfiles/kosovo/artcl11.html
Devastating legacy of Agent Orange still haunts Vietnamese families
http://vietnamnews.vnagency.com.vn/2...Stories/12.htm
Condemning Islam while ignoring your own religion's history seems pretty .......?!!!
Religious Persecution in Europe:
Focus on Muslims
http://www.mwlusa.org/news_helsinki.html
USA wages and involves in Wars on average of every 5 years and less Since 300 Years of Independence
about 50 external war and equal number of internal war
