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Mormon God vs the US government (i.redd.it)

submitted 1 year ago by Mandarbmax@lemmy.world to c/curatedtumblr@sh.itjust.works

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[–] Manmoth@lemmy.ml 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Thousands of Christians were martyred in the first centuries after Christs death. Often they were tortured and/or crucified.

[–] kandoh@reddthat.com 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Not exactly a punishment that was unique to the Christian.

[–] Manmoth@lemmy.ml 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

My point is that they didn't bend to the Roman government.

[–] kandoh@reddthat.com 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

No, but eventually they would become the Roman government and then they bent a whole lot

[–] Manmoth@lemmy.ml -1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

How?

[–] kandoh@reddthat.com 2 points 1 year ago

Roman emperor was the head of the church, so Christianity became a political tool to manage the population.

The Empire was politically managed by having it divided into two halves, a Greek speaking eastern half and a Latin speaking western half. Which ended up shearing Christianity into Catholic and Orthodox.