(September 8, 2013 at 2:56 pm)The Germans are coming Wrote:(September 8, 2013 at 9:06 am)Creed of Heresy Wrote: Shrugs
How about we go back to the French Revolution and show these whining old fucks what some god-damn oppression against Christians is REALLY like, shall we?
There was oppression against christians during the French revolution and the time periods called "The Terror" and "The Great Terror"???
Note: That is a myth. Wealthy catholic bishops and landowners were murdered and lynched during the French Revolution and the Terrors, but being religious was certainly not reason enought for the Jacobites to murder you. The image of the French revolutionaries as antireligious lynchmobs is one created by anti French propaganda during that time from Spain and Austria.
I totally agree with The Germans are coming.
It was much more (although not entirely) an economic Revolution following the exceptional cost of both the Seven Year War and the American War of Independance (in which France were allies with the Colonies), it just so happened that the majority of people with money were also Catholics as there was little separation between the Catholic Church and the State at the time.
I'm a descendant of exiled Huguenots and their persecution by the RC Monarchy in France was very much a part of paving the way for the revolution and the revolution in turn was a significant factor in the restoration of the civil status of Huguenots. So it wasn't all bad for Christians, just rich, Catholic ones.
MM
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"I think I use the term “radical” rather loosely, just for emphasis. If you describe yourself as “atheist,” some people will say, “Don’t you mean ‘agnostic’?” I have to reply that I really do mean atheist, I really do not believe that there is a god; in fact, I am convinced that there is not a god (a subtle difference). I see not a shred of evidence to suggest that there is one ... etc., etc. It’s easier to say that I am a radical atheist, just to signal that I really mean it, have thought about it a great deal, and that it’s an opinion I hold seriously." - Douglas Adams (and I echo the sentiment)
