Yet another religious cult raided

[--Pete]

Hi,

I don't consider the tyranny and abuse you describe as Christian.

Convenient. Given that all the things I quoted were done by people who considered themselves Christian and in furtherance of their Christian agenda, I'm hard pressed to come up with a reason to consider them anything else. Perhaps there is a Platonic ideal of Christianity that doesn't strive to dominate and that is what you are referring to. But if that is the case, then there have been few outbreaks of that type of Christianity throughout history, and many, many more of the type I describe.

Indeed, if history is to be any guide, if the United States ever officially declares itself to be a 'Christian' country very soon persecution of Muslims, Jews, Hindi, etc. will be tolerated, even encouraged. Then, once the 'external' threat to Christianity is under control, the protestant versus Catholic war, to make Northern Ireland look tame, will begin. And that will be followed by intra-faction barbarity until there is only one. Which, of course, will generate its own spin offs to persecute and hate.

Even RAH didn't have the stomach to contemplate that future, skipping over most of it in his 'Future History'. Part of what makes it so dreadful to contemplate is how easily it could come to pass. We know, it always went that way before.

--Pete