And the name of the new Christian propaganda film is...

[Ryantology]

Weren't post colonies founded during the age of increasing secularism post 1648?

So were the 1692 Salem Witch Trials.

Man, nothing Christianity ever does is Christianity's fault. Praise Jesus.

[Polaris]

Weren't most colonies founded during the age of increasing secularism post 1648?

So were the 1692 Salem Witch Trials.

Man, nothing Christianity ever does is Christianity's fault. Praise Jesus.

All of what 19 people killed?

[Ryantology]

So were the 1692 Salem Witch Trials.

Man, nothing Christianity ever does is Christianity's fault. Praise Jesus.

All of what 19 people killed?

"A single death is a tragedy. 19 deaths is a statistic."
- Polaris?

Nice job choosing 1648. It conveniently dodges the Christian wreck called the Thirty Years' War and its millions of deaths. I suppose I should be charitable and pretend that the Holocaust wasn't simply the last? and worst! expression of over a thousand years of Christian anti-Semitism, too.

[Polaris]

I chose the 30 Years' War because European leaders finally came to admit that their wars were about gaining power and had nothing to do with religion.

It marked the change in the rationale for wars in Europe when France, a Catholic nation, joined against the Catholic nations merely because they did not want to be weak next to the Hapsburgs....you gravely weakened your argument by making the 30 Years' War an issue.

[Ryantology]

I chose the 30 Years' War because European leaders finally came to admit that their wars were about gaining power and had nothing to do with religion.

lmao

Nothing Christianity ever does is Christianity's fault.

It marked the change in the rationale for wars in Europe when France, a Catholic nation, joined against the Catholic nations merely because they did not want to be weak next to the Hapsburgs....you gravely weakened your argument by making the 30 Years' War an issue.

I would define my 'argument' as 'Christian crimes against humanity didn't cease in 1648', and that is by any objective measure true. They're still going on today, to the greatest extent that today's neutered religion can manage. It's only 25 years since the end of the Cold War, and the Christian religion most certainly pulled a lot of strings even that recently. It was the godlessness of the Soviet Union that terrorized Christian America at least as much as the idea of capitalism being shorn away. After all, Soviet/West relations began with instant antagonism (and a military invasion) from the West against those godless Bolsheviks.

I suppose we should forget the millions who died in all the stupid proxy wars and congratulate the Christians running the show in the West for not causing global apocalypse. "In God We Trust".

If this is where you decide to frame the many atrocities of the Soviet Union as some kind of atheist holy war, "you're no better than we are" doesn't actually make you look good.

[Losty]

Is this the video you tried to link?

ETA Oh nevermind I see you already added one.

[Jaysyn]

Was anyone else hoping that it was 2.5 hours of lions eating Bible-thumpers.

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All of what 19 people killed?

What a very *Christian* statement.

[Tonus]

I think the thing that pisses me off the most about this is that the Christian Right actually believes that anything less than carte blanche to do as they please under the guise of religious freedom is persecution,

Think about the belief system. They believe they represent the best way to live now and the best way to live for the future, for all people. Therefore, any attempt to interfere with that is not only hurting them, but everyone else, whether they realize it or not. If that is what you believe, then any attempt to keep you from implementing a 'Christian society' would amount to persecution. If god is on your side, why would you want to give any other side a chance to do anything?

And if what they believe isn't true? Then you have a good example of how religion can harm people in ways both obvious and subtle.