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Re:Charlie Hebdo: first cover since terror attack depicts pr... by fafner on Tuesday January 13, 2015 @07:51AM (#8879423)
I think neals meant "modern" Christianity, as in what has become of Christianity thanks to the age of reason. This excludes some Western (especially US) branches of Christianity.
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Re:Charlie Hebdo: first cover since terror attack depicts pr... by thret on Tuesday January 13, 2015 @09:00AM (#8879841)
Christianity was pacifist from the beginning. Jesus was all about non-violence:

“You have heard that it was said, ‘An eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth.’ But I say to you, Do not resist the one who is evil. But if anyone slaps you on the right cheek, turn to him the other also. - Matthew 5:38-39 ESV

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Re:Charlie Hebdo: first cover since terror attack depicts pr... by cottonseed on Tuesday January 13, 2015 @11:43AM (#8880883)
I'm not sure why you're being downvoted. This was also my understanding. I highly recommend Mark Kurlansky's Nonviolence: History of a Dangerous Idea, which discusses non-violence in the history of early Christianity:

http://www.amazon.com/Nonviolence-History-Dangerous-Mark-Kur...

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