The Tragic Story of Christianity: How a Pacifist Religion Was Hijacked by Rabid Warmongering Elites | | AlterNet
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 »
Posted by Dwight Rousu
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.