Christianity's Valuable Contributions to Humanity: An Examination of Militant Atheism

[BrianSoddingBoru4]

Here’s a sampling (not exhaustive) of things that the Church of Rome has officially and publicly apologized and begged forgiveness for:

-The Crusades
-The Inquisitions
-The persecution of the Jewish people
-The subjugation of women
-The forced conversion of indigenous peoples
-The African slave trade
-The persecution of Galileo 
-The endorsement and legalization of torture (Counter Reformation)
-The silence to and possible complicity with Hitler’s final solution 
-The burning alive of Jan Hus
-The massacre of Byzantine Christians
-The anathema on ALL Eastern Orthodox Christians
-The murder, torture, and forced conversion of orthodox Serbs
-The rape and torture of orphans in Church-run schools 


If you hadn’t committed these and other crimes, why would you apologize? And if you didn’t realize the damage you’ve done, why would you beg to be forgiven?

But do please go on about the unceasing kindness and good works of the Holy Mother Church.

Boru

Sounds like militants to me.

If it’s not outright militancy, it’s a damned good impression of it (pun intended).

Boru

[Bucky Ball]

When you get around to taking a Philosophy class, you will find that Utilitarianism is a slippery slope.
So then, you're saying that the "ends justify the means".
I see.

Christianity was no use to half of Europe which died in the plague. 
Germany was a Christian nation. It elected Hitler, and voted in National Socialism. Did a lot of good for the millions of Jews. 
Russia was a Christian nation. How many people died under Stalin ?

[Paleophyte]

"By this all will know that you are My disciples, if you have love for one another.” (Lord Jesus Christ, John 13:35)

"Kill them all. God will know his own."
- Papal Legate Arnaud Amalric ordering the Massacre of Beziers

[Bucky Ball]

Sorry about this post, but it seemed best here. 
https://www.npr.org/2023/03/30/116705643...Christians.
The Doctrine of Discovery. After a couple years, (500 or so) the Roman Church (Christianity at the time) repudiated its doctrine which said it was fine for Europeans 
to steal from, rape, and murder natives in the New World, and Africa. Such a wonderful valuable contribution to Humanity.  

[LinuxGal]

"By this all will know that you are My disciples, if you have love for one another.” (Lord Jesus Christ, John 13:35)

"Kill them all. God will know his own."
- Papal Legate Arnaud Amalric ordering the Massacre of Beziers

Luke 9:

[49] And John answered and said, Master, we saw one casting out devils in thy name; and we forbad him, because he followeth not with us.

[50] And Jesus said unto him, Forbid him not: for he that is not against us is for us.

Pope Innocent IV, Bulla, "Ad Extirpanda"

The head of state or ruler must force all the heretics whom he has in custody, provided he does so without
killing them or breaking their arms or legs, as actual robbers and murderers of souls and thieves of the
sacraments of God and Christian faith, to confess their errors and accuse other heretics whom they know...

[Fake Messiah]

Militant Atheism is not just the claim that there is no God. Militant Atheism is the claim that Religion (esp. Christianity) is allegedly positively evil.

And yet Nishant's claim is that atheism is positively evil. So that make him a Militant Hypocrite.

[HappySkeptic]

"Kill them all. God will know his own."
- Papal Legate Arnaud Amalric ordering the Massacre of Beziers

Luke 9:

[49] And John answered and said, Master, we saw one casting out devils in thy name; and we forbad him, because he followeth not with us.

[50] And Jesus said unto him, Forbid him not: for he that is not against us is for us.

Pope Innocent IV, Bulla, "Ad Extirpanda"

The head of state or ruler must force all the heretics whom he has in custody, provided he does so without
killing them or breaking their arms or legs, as actual robbers and murderers of souls and thieves of the
sacraments of God and Christian faith, to confess their errors and accuse other heretics whom they know...

That's the problem with Christianity.  Jesus supposedly said "love your neighbor", but he also supposedly said that our lives and bodies are unimportant compared to the afterlife.

If one truly believes in the afterlife, and its supremacy of importance, and one believes that the only way to get there is "correct doctrinal belief", then all manners of torture are justified to someone who leads others to stumble in their belief.  Christianity then becomes an evil death cult.

[no one]

The stich of logic that holds together godiboi's book of grifts, cons, and all around deceit is a loose one.