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Paralithodes says

You are implying that utter chaos and mass murder never happened when the church was involved. The church’s hands are literally dripping with the blood of those who refused to conform and bow to the beast the church created

Nice attempt to try to change what I said. I never referenced the "church" which, for the most part, has been corrupted by mankind throughout history. The list that you provided in your post has nothing in common whatsoever with what Christ and the Apostles taught in the New Testament. If you think it does, please show me where it is.

bob2356 says

Which to me means you consider the enlightenment and the French revolution to be one and the same.

The French Revolution was the embodiment of enlightenment, secular thinking.

bob2356 says

Then you, not me, reference Robespierre and his reign of terror. Robespierre was a petty tyrant, not a great thinker.

You can attempt to diminish Robespierre’s role in the Revolution, but historical facts differ from your understanding. He was in fact recognized as the moral voice of the Revolution and believed that to be the case himself. That's why he morphed into believing he was the embodiment of a new religion with himself being the "Superior Being."

bob2356 says

ireland forever

Well that's a new twist on an old saying. Usually Éirinn go Brách sounds more optimistic, but you just mean they'll fight forever.

Anyway, both sides are nominally Christian in that fight. It's more about who's the landlord and who's the tenant, and how it got to be that way.

RayAmerica says

Nice attempt to try to change what I said. I never referenced the “church” which, for the most part, has been corrupted by mankind throughout history

No you said "christian law and morality". So christian law and morality has nothing to do with "church"? interesting idea. kind of like immaculate conception but for morality. As a biblical scholar you should certainly know the teachings of Jesus was very secular. Jesus never declared any laws, only espoused principles. The christian laws came from the church. So which is it that you are referring to, the teachings of Jesus or the laws of the church?

RayAmerica says

That’s why he morphed into believing he was the embodiment of a new religion with himself being the “Superior Being.”

Bullshit, he morphed into a totalitarian tyrant, just one of a long list going back to the dawn of history, trying to use enlightenment ideas to justify it. The American revolution was also the embodiment of enlightenment, secular thinking and the losers didn't get killed in mass. Why not?

The historical facts are that the French revolution in some form, probably a lot less murderous would have happened with or without Robspierre. The system was at an end point, like the czars, like colonialism, like the greek city states, like the roman empire, like every failed system throughout history. It had reached its natural end point in history where the advances in civilization made the existing political structure obsolete, combined with the majority of people being very oppressed and no longer willing to support a very corrupt group of very wealthy leaders. This has gone on throughout history in both the christian and non christian worlds. If you choose to view these events through your conservative lens (Burke is widely considered the father of modern conservatism) as a christian vs secular argument then that's your option. I personally reject it.

RayAmerica says

Paralithodes says

You are implying that utter chaos and mass murder never happened when the church was involved. The church’s hands are literally dripping with the blood of those who refused to conform and bow to the beast the church created

Nice attempt to try to change what I said. I never referenced the “church” which, for the most part, has been corrupted by mankind throughout history. The list that you provided in your post has nothing in common whatsoever with what Christ and the Apostles taught in the New Testament. If you think it does, please show me where it is.

Not sure what happened here but you attribute that quote to me. It's not mine.

asleywtsn3 says

Christen laws and morality are very good and high level thing to understand for a common public. The high educated people only can only understand such things.

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