Re:Turkey's Erdogan restricting the internet
by AaronFriel on Monday March 05, 2018 @08:04AM
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Your interpretation of Christianity seems biased by the modern, largely apolitical liberal Christianity practiced in Europe and in some of the United States and other allied countries.
Christianity prior to the 19th Century had quite a lot to do with politics, and some particularly large sects in the United States would still insist that their faith commands them to engage politically in ways you might consider "subjugation".
Re:Turkey's Erdogan restricting the internet
by dominotw on Monday March 05, 2018 @08:14AM
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Coincidentally, I am reading this comment while watching 'Borgia' TV series on netflix :D.
Re:Turkey's Erdogan restricting the internet
by pmarreck on Monday March 05, 2018 @08:33AM
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I thought “The Borgias” with Jeremy Irons was fantastic.
Roman Catholicism and Papistry perhaps resembles Islam somewhat, but that's in contradiction to the New Testament.
Half of all Christians are Roman Catholic. There are still a couple of Anglican, Lutheran and Eastern Orthodox state churches today. Dominion theology is well alive within evangelical circles.
Sure, it's possible to make a case for secularism within a Christian context (render unto Caesar, my kingdom is not of this world, ...), but that's not the only case you can make: The God of Christianity is also the God of the Old Testament, and that guy was not a fan of the separation of church and state...
Christianity has no physical constraints; nowhere you have to go, nothing you have to do (beyond the initial acceptance of salvation, which is spiritual), no particular foods to eat, no particular clothes to wear, no particular people to venerate.
Mohammed was a warlord who took up political power ferverently; Jesus only association with violence is in stopping it, and he never sought any political power.
Roman Catholicism and Papistry perhaps resembles Islam somewhat, but that's in contradiction to the New Testament.