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To: Cronos

The Huguenots didn’t “infiltrate” France. They were French, Français de souche who were enlightened by the Reformation. Read a good history of the Reformation, then come back, minus your anti-Protestant bias and ignorance.


33 posted on 08/22/2011 10:43:52 AM PDT by Cincinna ( *** NOBAMA 2012 ***)
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To: Cincinna
Of course they infiltrated France with their attitude to destroy Churches. Their attitude was like the Moslems of today. First step, they were nicey nice

Second step they bite the hand of the government that was tolerant

Third step they destroyed Churches

Fourth step, they collaborated with the enemy of the state (a competing power)

They lost and got evicted -- that's what happens to those who are traitors to the nation.

35 posted on 08/22/2011 11:34:29 AM PDT by Cronos ( W Szczebrzeszynie chrzaszcz brzmi w trzcinie I Szczebrzeszyn z tego slynie.)
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To: Cincinna
And I've read both sides and relatively unbiased views of the Reformatting

However, that is besides the point, this was a historical article, not a religious one so please do not make it one

Historically speaking the Huguenots DID slap the hand of the government that had tolerated it, just as the Moslems do in France today

Historically speaking they did the attack the majority first and destroy Churches -- the first salvo so to speak

Historically speaking they did collaborate with the enemies of the nation and foment civil war

Do read up on the history of this time in France and the civil war that this caused. The Huguenots were one side of the civil war -- even worse, they collaborated with the ancienne enemy (England). They were hence traitors to the nation as well as fomenters of civil war.

They lost and got massacred, that's what happened in all times right up to the present.

This was a socio-political conflict with a religious dimension and this article specifically talks about the historical aspect (it IS from the History channel), so do look at this aspect.

36 posted on 08/22/2011 11:42:35 AM PDT by Cronos ( W Szczebrzeszynie chrzaszcz brzmi w trzcinie I Szczebrzeszyn z tego slynie.)
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