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Haggard Celine

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59. Constantine saw how Christianity could be used to control people.

Mon Jun 15, 2026, 03:44 AM

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That was his main interest in Christianity. I think the worst thing to happen to Christianity was being officially declared the one true religion. Orthodoxy has almost killed Christianity. The religion was a lot more diverse in the early days, but then you had bishops like Irenaeus constantly raising hell about what other Christians were doing. Those assholes were the spiritual fathers of all the evils in Christian churches. A lot of Christians talk about martyrdom and persecution of Christians. I wonder what is the bigger number, the total of Christians killed by Romans, or the total of people killed in the Inquisition and witch hunts?

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The Onion? aeromanKC Yesterday #2

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That's the case where one young person stabbed another at a track meet? mwmisses4289 7 hrs ago #63

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Bill Moyers called it..... lastlib Yesterday #26

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Constantine saw how Christianity could be used to control people. Haggard Celine 10 hrs ago #59

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