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Originally Posted by alyasa
Yeah the third is Queen, coz' they're immortal and have inside them blood of kings... See, it's like your soul is a bargaining chip; so what would you rather have? Eternal suffering in the afterlife or eternal suffering in this life? And most of the problem of today's major religions is one of fear and loathing... They have no concept of tolerance, because the people practicing them have no concept of tolerance; because the governments and the system has never really, truly advocated tolerance(wars, sanctions, hate crimes) and there is a difference between politics and religion I believe; albeit very subtle and sublime.
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Things were fine until the Edict of Milan legalized Christianity, and then Constantine had to make it the state religion...from then on it losts its original values and became associated with imperialism.
True Christianity though is not an institution, it is a way of living.