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Or the conflicts of the Early Church, or the brutality of the state-controlled Church of the Roman Empire, or Charlemagne, or the Crusades, or colonization in America, or the Thirty Years' War, or... (lemmy.world)
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[–] then_three_more@lemmy.world 10 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Also, just being the wrong type of Christian in the 14th and 15th centuries was a good way to get burnt at the steak or hung if you weren't willing to convert to whichever was currently in fashion with the monarch.

[–] lemmingjesus@lemmy.world 8 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I hate when Christians burn the steak.

[–] Sergio@slrpnk.net 3 points 2 months ago

Yeah, the Inquisition hated it too...