It's no secret. Some of the "experts" on Christianity.StackExchange.com are steeped in Scripture. Some could answer nearly every moral question with Biblical references.
I think this is great!
However... Sometimes very lengthy answers seem to be a bit off-putting. I'd venture to say that the av...
@Greg McNulty: I agree with you 100%. I guess it's one of those "sacred mysteries". My answer included a Scripture reference because answers that include Scripture references (the more the merrier) tend to get upvoted. — Jim G.47 secs ago
One user on “history” (history.stackexchange.com/questions/3164/…) just told me that the Caesar imposed the requirement for Christians to worship the Roman gods because of Christians’ being too aggressive - they were attacking other temples and harassed the worshipers. His main point is that all the religious persecution was a Christian invention and that there was no such thing in Rome before
the emergence of Christianity. Is that true? Can anyone comment on this issue here in this chat? I also have started a separate question on that on “history”: history.stackexchange.com/questions/3208/…
@brilliant Tribalism has been with us throughout history, and religion is often a good proxy for that, so I doubt that religious persecution was unheard of before Christianity. That said, polytheistic religions often find it easier to fit around each other than monotheistic ones do, so the statement might not be entirely false.
Actually, much of the OT is a record of religious persecution. Kill the priests of Baal. Cut down their Asherah poles. We must allow only one religion in the country, and anyone who thinks differently should be executed.
@brilliant That claim about Christians being aggressive attacking other temples is the equine equivalent of a game in which a stick is used to put a puck through a net - It's horse hockey! Christians were being thrown to the lions, used as torches, and persecuted because they refused to accept Cawesar as one of their gods.
There are no recorded incidents of Christian mobs forming prior to 312 AD
(And the Battle of Milvan Bridge wasn't exactly a Christian mob either!)
@TRiG There were 450 priests of Baal. There was one Elijah. It was only when the priests of Baal failed that the Elijah suggested they throw out the heresy....
I think another mod handled your flag already, but feel free to ping me in here if (or even write a meta post) if you don't think there's a difference between my question and other list ones I've closed. I'm happy to discuss it, and I might be wrong!
I don't think there is a formula for list/not-list, but somewhere there is a line that gets crossed.
In the case of the one you liked to, the best answer would be the one that was edited continuously and expanded to include all possible answers. I think my question is best answered with a knowledgeable overview painted with broad strokes rather than a an exhaustive list. If I need to ask it differently to get that, I'm up for it.
@AffableGeek That's exactly what I thought. That's why when he first said that I was quite surprised. I have always thought that Caeser making Christians worship him was a blatant work of Satan, however, I had never even imagined that it might have been a response to Christian's religious aggressiveness of those days. Well, I've already asked a separate question about that - let's wait and see if he has some sources to back his claimes.
@Jim G.: Meta-questions really shouldn't be directed at people, but at questions, answers, comments, and broad trends on the main site. I thought your question was about a trend. It really isn't fair to ask a question about a specific thing and not provide the link to that thing or hide it under the guise of something more general. It's really not fair to Affable Geek and I don't like the tone of your comment (even if it was meant as a compliment). — Jon Ericson6 mins ago
@JonEricson: Sorry, my bad. Total typo on my part. I meant to say "...NOT directed at you."
@thursdaysgeek I just changed the at-referant in your comment here because it looks like you cross-wired it in reply to the wrong person's comment. If I did that wrong please let me know.
Do Calvinists rejoice in the destruction of sinners?
The question quotes one Calvinist, and then uses that quote to extrapolate behavior for the entire faith.
I think this is a rant disguised as a question.
What do you think?
It's no secret. Some of the "experts" on Christianity.StackExchange.com are steeped in Scripture. Some could answer nearly every moral question with Biblical references.
I think this is great!
However... Sometimes very lengthy answers seem to be a bit off-putting. I'd venture to say that the av...
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