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abqtommy

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16. I don't think we can speak

Reply to MineralMan (Reply #13)

Mon May 6, 2019, 04:44 PM

May 2019

of any segment of humanity as a whole no matter how we define it. People are different even when the same ethnicity/cultures, religious beliefs/genders apply and so on. To continue to do so is a disservice to humanity AS A WHOLE.

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Can anyone think of an instance where Christianity has benefited [View all] MineralMan May 2019 OP

Perhaps in a few cannibal tribes throughout the years... JustFiveMoreMinutes May 2019 #1

Those tribes, too, are long gone. MineralMan May 2019 #2

Greed and conquest are everywhere, but only Christianity and Islam have marylandblue May 2019 #4

Good point! MineralMan May 2019 #10

Can anyone think of an instance where Christianity has benefited ffo May 2019 #3

Christianity is akin to a bacterial and/or viral infection and benefits none ... other than RKP5637 May 2019 #5

I never looked at it quite that way. MineralMan May 2019 #9

Empire through missionaries Soph0571 May 2019 #6

Yes. MineralMan May 2019 #11

Good article, MineralMan. Firestorm49 May 2019 #7

Thanks! MineralMan May 2019 #8

I have personal experience of a church that abqtommy May 2019 #12

I'm not talking about individual churches or missions. MineralMan May 2019 #13

I don't think we can speak abqtommy May 2019 #16

You have had some personal experience w/ Eastern Orthodoxy, sprinkleeninow May 2019 #14

I'm afraid I don't know the story of the Christianizing of the Slavs, MineralMan May 2019 #15

I do know that our word slave comes from the uriel1972 May 2019 #17

Ain't necessarily so.😊 sprinkleeninow May 2019 #18

Heh... uriel1972 May 2019 #20

In a part of my understanding is that Eastern Orthodox were also sprinkleeninow May 2019 #19

OH yes very much so... uriel1972 May 2019 #21