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Supermatmike on scored.co
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I do not accept the existence of any faith or religion that is not the true worship of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, but it is true that in the modern day, the church has become corrupted to a point of almost it being almost unrecognizable, therefor the current rise of neo-paganism is at the very least understandable.
This isn't the middle ages where the common man had to fear every day of his life that a pagan raiding party would descend upon his village, slaughtering him and his family, these are still our people, albeit led astray due to the confusing times in which we live, these are not some barbaric and violent savages who have not yet been civilized these are our fellow European brothers and sisters, and once the false teachers and vile spawns of satan that walk among us today are removed, one way or the other, these people will see the truth again.
To advocate this level of violence against our people who simply have strayed from the path is idiotic to the highest possible degree, we need to save this level of righteous hatred towards those who are responsible for the lies, that those who have fallen for the lies and can still be saved.
> This isn't the middle ages where the common man had to fear every day of his life that a pagan raiding party would descend upon his village
The common man in the middle ages had no such fear. It was very few pockets of civilization that were exposed to pagan raiders, and their raiding parties didn't affect very many people. You must keep in mind that the population of Europe was much larger than you think.
When it did become a problem, they would organize a counter-raid and either force-convert or slaughter the raiders, or some combination of both.
Keep in mind: The crusades were NOT religious in nature. It wasn't "We need to go kill infidels because God doesn't like them!" It was ALWAYS about the fact that they were going to rescue or retaliate or secure some population. For instance, the crusades to Jerusalem were about creating peace in the Middle East so that Christian pilgrims could visit Jerusalem without getting murdered. The only religious aspect was that Christ would protect his people and give them strength to protect themselves. The Christians knew that the way to spread Christianity was through acts of charity and kindness and persuasion -- which is how they converted the vast majority of the pagans.
This isn't the middle ages where the common man had to fear every day of his life that a pagan raiding party would descend upon his village, slaughtering him and his family, these are still our people, albeit led astray due to the confusing times in which we live, these are not some barbaric and violent savages who have not yet been civilized these are our fellow European brothers and sisters, and once the false teachers and vile spawns of satan that walk among us today are removed, one way or the other, these people will see the truth again.
To advocate this level of violence against our people who simply have strayed from the path is idiotic to the highest possible degree, we need to save this level of righteous hatred towards those who are responsible for the lies, that those who have fallen for the lies and can still be saved.
The common man in the middle ages had no such fear. It was very few pockets of civilization that were exposed to pagan raiders, and their raiding parties didn't affect very many people. You must keep in mind that the population of Europe was much larger than you think.
When it did become a problem, they would organize a counter-raid and either force-convert or slaughter the raiders, or some combination of both.
Keep in mind: The crusades were NOT religious in nature. It wasn't "We need to go kill infidels because God doesn't like them!" It was ALWAYS about the fact that they were going to rescue or retaliate or secure some population. For instance, the crusades to Jerusalem were about creating peace in the Middle East so that Christian pilgrims could visit Jerusalem without getting murdered. The only religious aspect was that Christ would protect his people and give them strength to protect themselves. The Christians knew that the way to spread Christianity was through acts of charity and kindness and persuasion -- which is how they converted the vast majority of the pagans.