The Tragic Story of Christianity: How a Pacifist Religion Was Hijacked by Rabid Warmongering Elites | | AlterNet

AlterNet, Consortium News by Gary G. Kohls | Feb. 5, 2012 (Opinion)
Though founded by a pacifist, Christianity has justified some of the most brutal slaughters in human history, but we may be able to recapture its peaceful essence.

Altogether too many religions sects of both major and minor religions, despite verbally professing a desire for peace and justice in the world, are actually pro-war, pro-homicide and pro-violence in practice (or they may be silent on the subject, which is, according to moral theology, the same as being pro-violence). Full Story »

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Posted by: Posted by Dwight Rousu - Feb 5, 2012 - 11:18 AM PST
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 by Barry Grossheim - Feb. 6, 2012
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 by Randy Morrow - Feb. 5, 2012

Eventually – and logically – church leaders who were now dependent on the largesse and protection of the empire felt obliged to support it and its troops, pay homage to ... More »

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Dwight Rousu
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 by Dwight Rousu - Feb. 5, 2012

Kohls gets his religious history right. There are some religious historians who think the Roman state had a hand in reframing the published gospels and epistles to convey a message of obedience to the state. Kohls omits the connection to the vengeful god and war stories of the old testament and how they fit in.

Behind the scenes, of course, there are hidden elites — amoral, politically and financially motivated operatives who are embedded in these religious organizations — ... More »

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