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    Quote Originally Posted by Peter1469 View Post
    How did Christianity spread

    Interesting story about how such a small sect became the largest religion on Earth. Some cool graphics at the link.



    And interesting point: convert the leaders. For the first thousand years or so of the growth of Christianity, the key to growth was to covert powerful rulers- then the powerful rulers basically converted his subjects.


    At knifepoint like most monothesitic religions?

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    Quote Originally Posted by donttread View Post
    At knifepoint like most monothesitic religions?
    Not even a good guess.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Peter1469 View Post
    Not even a good guess.

    Bitter much?
    It is true though that much of the expansion of Christianity was indeed done with force.

    To me that's not an indictment of the religion itself, but rather those who used it for their own goals.

    It was done as early as the fourth century and continued in Medieval Europe, Africa and the Americas.

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    Most religious fanaticism throughout history has been spread by force. Christianity is certainly no exception, although Islam is the biggest perpetrator of it.

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    Quote Originally Posted by The Xl View Post
    Most religious fanaticism throughout history has been spread by force. Christianity is certainly no exception, although Islam is the biggest perpetrator of it.
    There is very little Christian fanaticism.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Peter1469 View Post
    There is very little Christian fanaticism.
    Not as much as their used to be, but a recently as a couple of decades ago their was a lot of it.

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    They were just nuts. Nothing like al Qaeda or ISIL who actually carry out their ideas.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Common Sense View Post
    It is true though that much of the expansion of Christianity was indeed done with force.

    To me that's not an indictment of the religion itself, but rather those who used it for their own goals.

    It was done as early as the fourth century and continued in Medieval Europe, Africa and the Americas.
    Constantine's acceptance of Christianity was...well Constantine's acceptance of Christianity. Pagans remained free to do as they pleased. That should be no surprise since Christians were a minority. Indeed, Constantine himself continued to celebrate pagan rites and was not baptized until his death.
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    Quote Originally Posted by donttread View Post
    At knifepoint like most monothesitic religions?
    No, it has been explained. Question asked and answered.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Mister D View Post
    Constantine's acceptance of Christianity was...well Constantine's acceptance of Christianity. Pagans remained free to do as they pleased. That should be no surprise since Christians were a minority. Indeed, Constantine himself continued to celebrate pagan rites and was not baptized until his death.
    He brought them in out of the shadows and allowed them the freedom to grow.
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