Criticism of conquest by Christianity is something to be addressed. The problem came about when Emperor Constantine hijacked Christianity and turned it into a State Church; Roman Catholicism. During the years when governments were wed to the Roman Catholic church, despots were able to use the latin liturgy to keep the masses ignorant and enoble themselves in a shroud of divinity.
This is precisely the method used by Mohammad when he plagiarized the religions of his day in order to lend himself the aura of divinity that gave him absolute power to plunder his world for booty.
Christianity has long since renounced this connection between rulers and the church.
http://www.prophetofdoom.net/The problem came about when Emperor Constantine hijacked Christianity and turned it into a State Church;Yep, I've been trying to finish "Constantine's Sword" which talks all about this. I know many Freepers despise the author, James Carroll, but this book rings true for me. Amazon.com: Books: Constantine's Sword: The Church and the Jews: A ...
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