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To: Cronos

Yes, Christianity was spread by mostly Europeans worldwide too.


39 posted on 04/12/2016 6:32:45 AM PDT by Roman_War_Criminal
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To: Roman_War_Criminal
Not really.

Read about the Church of the East -- the Assyrian church (a.k.a. the Holy Church of the East) - in the 8th century this had more people and a wider population than the church in Europe.

The missionaries converted people and preached and pastored to people in Yemen, Syria, Iraq, Iran, India, all the way to Mongolia and western China.

What happened to this? Islam -- Timur-e-Lang, the greatest jihadi warrior killed most -- he was a master of genocide, having killed 5% of the world's population (more than GEnghis khan, Stalin, Mao etc.)

The largest Christian group today is the Syriac Church

And the word of God today is by Christians of different ethnic backgrounds.

42 posted on 04/12/2016 6:43:07 AM PDT by Cronos (Obama's dislike of Assad is not based on his brutality but that he isn't a jihadi Moslem)
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To: Roman_War_Criminal
Talking about Europeans spreading Christianity worldwide -- the only ones who did this consistently were the Spanish and the Portuguese.

If the English, French and Dutch had even a fraction of the zeal of the Iberians, then much of the world would be Christian

Instead the Dutch did nothing, nothing to convert people -- preferring to just grab the wealth of Indonesia.

The French and English were slightly better in proselytisation, but still woefully behind the IBerians.

43 posted on 04/12/2016 6:44:39 AM PDT by Cronos (Obama's dislike of Assad is not based on his brutality but that he isn't a jihadi Moslem)
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To: Roman_War_Criminal

oh and the Russians also spread Christians into Siberia and Alaska


44 posted on 04/12/2016 6:44:59 AM PDT by Cronos (Obama's dislike of Assad is not based on his brutality but that he isn't a jihadi Moslem)
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