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applegrove

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8. They followed it in times and places. It was revolutionary for the area.

Reply to edhopper (Reply #7)

Sun Feb 1, 2026, 08:12 PM

11 hrs ago

Last edited Sun Feb 1, 2026, 09:57 PM - Edit history (2)

Not every Roman Catholic in the 1400s was corrupt. Some were born to walk the walk and found a path in Christianity. They fed the poor, gave sanctuary to women. They still do social services in my city. They teach kids a love of reading in small towns...... how big is that?

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I have become an agnostic as far as a mythical or historical Jesus. [View all] edhopper 13 hrs ago OP

control markie 12 hrs ago #1

Jesus preached love. The old Testament "Thow shall not kill".That was an important change from an eye for an eye applegrove 12 hrs ago #5

To bad the Church edhopper 11 hrs ago #7

They followed it in times and places. It was revolutionary for the area. applegrove 11 hrs ago #8

Not since Constantine edhopper 11 hrs ago #9

Christians had less infanticide since 'Thow Shall No Kill' applegrove 11 hrs ago #10

Christian numbers grew edhopper 10 hrs ago #11

Read it somewhere. applegrove 10 hrs ago #12

It is just a step up from the ending of child sacrifice applegrove 9 hrs ago #14

Preachers called Yeshua at that time and specific place.... ABC123Easy 12 hrs ago #2

Lots of people have debated this and as you noted, we will probably never know biophile 12 hrs ago #3

Pandora's box. The tools of sharing information so cachukis 12 hrs ago #4

Like your post👍 ..... anciano 12 hrs ago #6

The Romans kept a lot of records. multigraincracker 10 hrs ago #13