RE: Bart Ehrman May Shed Light on the Christian Response to Charleston, South Carolina
June 20, 2015 at 1:00 pm
(June 20, 2015 at 12:08 pm)abaris Wrote:(June 20, 2015 at 12:04 pm)Rhondazvous Wrote: Since Constantine instituted Christianity as the state religion to save the crumbling Roman empire, Christianity has been the drug of choice for western governments.
Constatine didn't do that. It was emperor Theodosius in 380, with the Edict of Thessalonica.
You are correct. Thanks for the heads up. I am that much more knowledgeable because of you.
The god who allows children to be raped out of respect for the free will choice of the rapist, but punishes gay men for engaging in mutually consensual sex couldn't possibly be responsible for an intelligently designed universe.
I may defend your right to free speech, but i won't help you pass out flyers.
Those who can make you believe absurdities, can make you commit atrocities.
--Voltaire
Nietzsche isn't dead. How do I know he lives? He lives in my mind.
I may defend your right to free speech, but i won't help you pass out flyers.
Those who can make you believe absurdities, can make you commit atrocities.
--Voltaire
Nietzsche isn't dead. How do I know he lives? He lives in my mind.
