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Post by mikemonger on May 10, 2024 21:12:45 GMT
Lol @ #6. Christianity didn't end it. Industrialization did. Christianity was actually a justification for it (we're saving their heathen souls so thr least they can do is give us their bodies). And it's not an "African tradition", since it existed in Europe for millenia before there was aby real contact with Africa. I mean, pretty much every one of your points is bull$hit. That's just the most egregious. Why were Christian cultures the first to end slavery if it was the reason justifying slavery? Pick up a history book. www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-india-65311042Dumbass Christian cultures WEREN'T the first to end slavery, since they adopted it in thr first place and there were plenty of cultures that never had it in the first place. Try again.
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Post by Based Chad on May 10, 2024 21:22:43 GMT
Christian cultures WEREN'T the first to end slavery, since they adopted it in thr first place and there were plenty of cultures that never had it in the first place. Try again. The first abolitionist movement was indeed Christian. As hard as it is to believe, slavery was just one of those things that was done until Christianity stepped in and said all lives matter. I see you ignored my part about the sati being ended by Christians. LOL. You ate some humble pie after calling me a dumbass and then being smacked down hard with facts.
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Post by mikemonger on May 10, 2024 21:49:50 GMT
Christian cultures WEREN'T the first to end slavery, since they adopted it in thr first place and there were plenty of cultures that never had it in the first place. Try again. The first abolitionist movement was indeed Christian. As hard as it is to believe, slavery was just one of those things that was done until Christianity stepped in and said all lives matter. I see you ignored my part about the sati being ended by Christians. LOL. You ate some humble pie after calling me a dumbass and then being smacked down hard with facts. If the first abolitiinist movement was Christian why did slavery exist in the Christian world well into the 19th century while it was banned in, say, Japan over 200 years earlier before the end of the 17th century? Try yet again.
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Post by general313 on May 10, 2024 22:02:28 GMT
9. Oracle of Delphi 10. Vestal Virgins 11. Plato's Academy
Christian killjoys!
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Post by 𝔅𝔞𝔰𝔱𝔦𝔞𝔫 𝔅𝔞𝔩𝔱𝔥𝔞𝔷𝔞𝔯 𝔅𝔲𝔵 on May 11, 2024 0:22:39 GMT
Mole station!No, wait, that should be molestation. Thankfully it doesn’t happen anymore, especially in churches.
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Post by lowtacks86 on May 11, 2024 0:26:43 GMT
Witch burnings, child marriages, and Spanish Inquisitions. Oh wait those were started by Christians, never mind.
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Post by PaulsLaugh on May 11, 2024 0:30:02 GMT
Christian cultures WEREN'T the first to end slavery, since they adopted it in thr first place and there were plenty of cultures that never had it in the first place. Try again. The first abolitionist movement was indeed Christian. As hard as it is to believe, slavery was just one of those things that was done until Christianity stepped in and said all lives matter. I see you ignored my part about the sati being ended by Christians. LOL. You ate some humble pie after calling me a dumbass and then being smacked down hard with facts. Cite your source.
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Post by PaulsLaugh on May 11, 2024 0:34:06 GMT
Christian cultures WEREN'T the first to end slavery, since they adopted it in thr first place and there were plenty of cultures that never had it in the first place. Try again. The first abolitionist movement was indeed Christian. As hard as it is to believe, slavery was just one of those things that was done until Christianity stepped in and said all lives matter. I see you ignored my part about the sati being ended by Christians. LOL. You ate some humble pie after calling me a dumbass and then being smacked down hard with facts. Early sixth century BC, Athenian lawgiver Solon abolishes debt slavery of Athenian citizens and frees all Athenian citizens who had formerly been enslaved. Athenian chattel slavery continued to be practiced, and the loss of debt-bondage as a competing source of compulsory labor may even have spurred slavery to become more important in the Athenian economy henceforth. Wikipedia 873, Pope John VIII declares the enslavement of fellow Christians a sin and commands their release. ibid.
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Post by lowtacks86 on May 11, 2024 0:34:31 GMT
Christian cultures WEREN'T the first to end slavery, since they adopted it in thr first place and there were plenty of cultures that never had it in the first place. Try again. The first abolitionist movement was indeed Christian. As hard as it is to believe, slavery was just one of those things that was done until Christianity stepped in and said all lives matter. I see you ignored my part about the sati being ended by Christians. LOL. You ate some humble pie after calling me a dumbass and then being smacked down hard with facts. You know if you're gonna troll, you should at least try and stay in character, Heretic, unless your "character" is a blathering schizophrenic that goes back and forth between libcuck progressive and deranged Christian theocrat.
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Post by theBROKEdontrump on May 11, 2024 0:44:50 GMT
Certain ideas that weren't comfortable with Christians were ended which caused an erasure of culture and diversity. Which one do you miss most? 1. Human sacrifice. A staple of the Aztecs and Mayans, people were mercilessly killed to appease the Gods. The Conquistadors destroyed this rich cultural practice for patriarchial reasons.
2. Sati. An Indian tradition, when a man died the woman was put on a pyre and set a fire. For some unknown reason, the British insisted that they stop doing this.
3. Head-hunting. An ancient Celtic and Borneo tradition, taking the heads was supposed to take spiritual power. Christianity got rid of it.
4. Gladiatorial combat. Why not give prisoners a second chance to redeem themselves?
5. Crucifixion. A staple of Roman traditional, Christians got all uppity after a certain person got the cross.
6. Slavery. An African tradition that Europeans adopted, but then Christianity ended it based on the Christian idea of life.
7. Marriage by Abduction. Used to, in parts of the world, if one wanted a bride, you had to abduct her with a posse. Christians replaced this practice with a much more lame thing called "courting" where you talk words and get consent to marry.
8. Infanticide. Practiced in many cultures, and especially by the Aboriginal groups, the intolerant Christians ended this cultural practice and called it "murder".
I wish we could add white supremacy to that list but Christians today continue to practice and preach it with great passion.....
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Post by theBROKEdontrump on May 11, 2024 0:45:59 GMT
The first abolitionist movement was indeed Christian. As hard as it is to believe, slavery was just one of those things that was done until Christianity stepped in and said all lives matter. I see you ignored my part about the sati being ended by Christians. LOL. You ate some humble pie after calling me a dumbass and then being smacked down hard with facts. You know if you're gonna troll, you should at least try and stay in character, Heretic, unless your "character" is a blathering schizophrenic that goes back and forth between libcuck progressive and deranged Christian theocrat. Oh, this is heretic? lol I thought he owns multiple properties and a construction company, plus is a father and husband. Summer is coming so where is he finding all this time to troll a board. Unless he was lying about all that stuff. That seems highly unlikely though....
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Post by Olaf Plunket on May 11, 2024 1:17:00 GMT
Since most of those practices were eliminated from the "known" world before Jesus happened along, what makes you think Christianity had anything to do with eliminating them?
The Roman practice of crucifixion is a form of capital punishment, which many "Christians" today still practice. I am not aware of them using nails, except on Jesus.
It is true that as civilization spread it eliminated those practices. Civilization forbid those things, many Christians today don't really have many rules. Notice Donald Trump thinks rules don't apply to him.
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Post by theBROKEdontrump on May 11, 2024 1:20:32 GMT
"3. Head-hunting. An ancient Celtic and Borneo tradition, taking the heads was supposed to take spiritual power. Christianity got rid of it."
Now this is going too far....HOW DARE you mock Highlander and my man Sean Connery?????
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Post by Olaf Plunket on May 11, 2024 1:37:55 GMT
Christian cultures WEREN'T the first to end slavery, since they adopted it in thr first place and there were plenty of cultures that never had it in the first place. Try again. The first abolitionist movement was indeed Christian. As hard as it is to believe, slavery was just one of those things that was done until Christianity stepped in and said all lives matter. I see you ignored my part about the sati being ended by Christians. LOL. You ate some humble pie after calling me a dumbass and then being smacked down hard with facts.
The slavery in the Bible was nothing like the evil slavery of Christian southern United States. Until the Romans dramatically expanded public works there was nowhere else to go for people who lost their homes for whatever reason than to ask land holders to accept them as slaves. At that time a government job was a lot like slavery too.
Did some Christians oppose slavery? They did, but more of them pointed to slavery in the Bible as justification for their racism.
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Post by ShadowSouL Likes This on May 11, 2024 4:24:25 GMT
What dumb, stupid points is this new dumb, stupid poster trying to make?
Obviously it's not going well for him/her/it as none are legit or logical.
Thankfully it's not at the expense of our entertainment.
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