Bells said:
Then pray tell how do you explain that the practice continues even today? All Christian religions still do it, and they hold the bible in their hot little hands as they do so. You still have Christian organisations going to third world countries and telling the people that they will receive help (as in food, clothing, education) if they convert to Christianity. This commonly occurs through the sponsorship programs, where the Christian organisation will only offer sponsorship to a child who's family has converted to Christianity. It is a disgusting practice.
Vienna
Bells said:
Christianity is still as savage today as it was in the past. All religions have a savage history and most still continue with its practices today. I still see savagery in Christianity when I look at the way they bomb abortion clinics and murder doctors for example. I still see the savagery in the manner in which they continue to blackmail poor indigenous people into converting to Christianity. I still see savagery in the manner in which Christians burn down mosques and hindu temples in certain parts of Asia. All religions have an aspect of savagery, Christianity is far from exempt.
These people are NOT true christians, they are either blinded by deception or are seeking THEIR OWN FORM of (perverse) righteousness. Either way the bible, Jesus, His apostles, and true God-fearing New Testament christians do not teach the autrosities you mentioned. The bible, Jesus, His apostles, and true christians actually teach against such practices.
The record of the past 20 centuries reveals these facts concerning the establishment of prominent religious bodies:
The truth is that a false christianity was established at Rome in 606 A.D. (that's 606 years after Jesus established His true church) by Boniface III who assumed the title of "universal bishop" head of the Roman Catholic Church - the very people that scourged Jesus nearly to death.
Why create a different church unless you were try to compete with the one before?
In 1520 A.D. Martin Luther founded the Lutheran Church in Germany.
1534 A.D. Henry VIII founded the Episcopalian Church in England.
1536 A.D. John Calvin founded the Presbyterian Church in Switzerland.
1550 A.D. Robert Browne founded the Congregational Church in England.
1607 A.D. John Smythe founded the Baptist Church in Hollad.
1739 A.D. John Wesly founded the Methodist Church in England.
1830 A.D. Joseph Smith founded The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints (Mormons) in America.
1830 A.D. William Miller founded the Seventh Day Adventist Church in America.
1866 A.D. Mary Baker Eddy founded the Christian Scientist Church in America.
1872 A.D. Charles T. Russell founded the Jehovah's Witnesses Church in America.
and well over 6,000 minor chuches, offshoots, sects, and divisions of these religious bodies.
That's the christianity that you're speaking of and are used to seeing and hearing about all the time.
Everyone reading this please remember this one fact if nothing else...
All of these churches and offshoots did not begin to appear until 606 years AFTER the one (1) TRUE church that Jesus founded. That one (1) TRUE 606 year old christian church that was founded on the teachings of Jesus and His apostles as recorded in the bible (TRUE Christianity) still exist today 2,000 years later.
I need more tolerance and acceptance? Why? Because I have Muslim friends that I respect and care about regardless of our religious and cultural differences?