Why did Nero Kill Christians?
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The Roman empire was in decline, weakening from within and being assailed by invaders. Nero (and others) decided to blame Christians for the decline (and eventual collapse) of the Roman empire because they didn't bow to the state religion (which was very tolerant of other religions, as long as you worshipped Caesar along with whatever other gods you had).
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who did that in the past was ignorants not christians.. bcoz true christians dont kill
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For many people Christianity meant torture and death.\n\nFrom the Crusades to the Inquisition and before and beyond, people have miss used the teachings of Jesus to gain power and hurt others.  \n\nThe sad fact is that what we have left of Christianity today is all that was allowed to survive by the evil and greedy.  The true Jesus would have crucified himself earlier if he knew it would come to this BS.
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Too bad people don't read their history books, Christianity spred practically only because it was violently forced upon the pagans. \n\nI agree with you, it's silly to think you can relate a 'terrorist' to a model Christian.
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christians kill all the time. Little georgie bush says "go kill the people that I say are terrorists" - so they do -without giving it a second thought.
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I really like your questions you get right to the point yeah the only time Christians were persecuted was back in the Roman Empire. Ceasar was the first emperor to kill Christians and then Nero who killed Peter and Paul and set Christians on fire as torches to make light for his chariot races on Vatican Hill. That's basically the only time. In some countries now you have some killings but not major ones. The Jewish people went through a hell of a lot more. Especially with Hitler. I don't know why people whine so much. Everyone believes in something different deal with it you know. Just because you don't think it's right doesn't make it wrong. To them your religion may seem weird. I have studied all the major religions and find them quit interesting. I can see the point that they are coming across with. I think the people who want to be ignorant should go do some research before they open their mouths. GOOD POINT!!!!!you made.\n\n\n\nand Genesis...i think you are the one who has to do some research. I don't know where you got your ideas from but they are not right. Other religions do not kill you for caring around the bible, a few countries do but thats not persecution. Muslims kill other Muslims for converting Christianity. Muslims don't like Christianity for the fact they think the trinity refers to three different people.. they are monotheistic. They don't kill us for caring the bible. As a matter of fact your not even allowed in Mecca, their holy city without being Muslim. DO SOME RESEARCH GESH!!!!!! And Jewish people do not believe in Jesus, they just think he was a jewish guy. And they weren't killed because they believed in the true god. Hitler just didn't like them.\n\n\nFirst of all just because a couple of thousand Christians are killed in other countries doesn't make it persecution we kill thousands of people of different religions with hate groups that are supposedly Christians and they don't call it persecution they call it justification. Now 6 million Jews being killed I classify as persecution. Grow up people\n\nSanta Claus was based on a real person St. Nicholas he had lots of money and used to go around at night and throw money into the houses of poor people. They have just added a few things to it now but it's not a myth it actually happened.
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Slaughter a Christian.
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If you look deeply into what the christian religion is, you'll find its a means of controlling, through fear of damnation, the general public.  the best way of controlling  people is convince them that they have a common enemy,  the devil.  Its motivates people to do things they wouldn't normaly do like kill other humans or give all their money to a church.  Anyone who doesn't believe in the church degrades the churches power over people and therefore must be hated.  This includes pagans.  That's a very very condensed version and I hope it still made sense.
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The Jews did not kill Jesus, even according to the Christian's New Testament itself.\n\nIn Matthew 27:2, Jesus had to be given over to the authorities, Rome, to be tried by the Governor of Rome, Pontius Pilate. 64 years before Jesus was born, the Jews had lost the land of Israel to Roman rule. The Jews had no power, no authority, to put anyone to death. Jesus was crucified. The Jewish way to give the death penalty was through stoning, as everyone knows. Crucifixion was a Roman form of execution, and they reserved it only for those who were seen as trying to overthrow the Roman government.\n\nAccording to Matthew 27:37, the sign placed by the Romans over Jesus's head read, "Jesus Christ King of the Jews." The text of Matthew in 27:37 calls this sign, "the accusation." In other words, the crime for which Jesus was crucified was for being, or having the pretense to be, the king of the Jews, INSTEAD of the Roman emperor, and this is according to the Christian's own New Testament! (see also Matthew 27:27-29)\n\nSo why does the Christian New Testament make it appear that the Jews wanted Jesus dead? Simply because by the time that the New Testament stories about Jesus (the Gospels) were being written, from 60 C.E. onward, the Jews were in open rebellion against Rome. The Early Christians did not want to be identified with the Jews, and they did not want Rome to think that Christians worshipped a man who was crucified by the Romans. So they wrote their New Testament so as to absolve the Romans from the responsibility of putting Jesus to death. This went so far as to put words in the mouth of "the Jews," that said "the Jews" accepted responsibility for Jesus's death, and that the guilt for it would be on their childrens' heads forever! (Matthew 27:25).\n\nOf course, this will not stop believing Christians from taking the New Testament at its word, and continuing to blame the Jews for Jesus's death.\n\nBUT, how then can we Jews respond to such a question, "Did the Jews kill Jesus?"\n\nThe very question itself makes us respond with our own collection of questions:\n\nWho are "the Jews" referred to in the question? Are they all Jews forever and ever? This would mean that if the people outside of the Huntsville, Texas, prison who cried FOR the death of Karla Faye Tucker (convicted of murdering her own kids i believe),were of Scottish origins, for example, then from now on all Scottish peoples, regardless of where they were at the time she was given the death penalty are guilty, forever, for her death?Remember that the people outside of the prison were not the ones, and could not have been the ones, who actually injected her with the fatal poisons. As a matter of fact, the vast majority of Jews in the world at the time of Jesus did not live in Israel, and would not have heard about any event taking place there for months after the event. News traveled so much slower then.\n\nLets pretend that "the Jews" back then really did kill Jesus (which they did not!). Since when are the children responsible, or culpable, for the sins of their parents? This very idea is UnBiblical! In Deuteronomy 24:16 it specifically states, "The fathers shall not be put to death for the children, neither shall the children be put to death for the fathers: every man shall be put to death for his own sin." Furthermore, in Ezekiel 18:20 it states, "The soul that sinneth, it shall die. The son shall not bear the iniquity of the father, neither shall the father bear the iniquity of the son: the righteousness of the righteous shall be upon him, and the wickedness of the wicked shall be upon him." So the very idea that if Jews killed Jesus, which they did not, then the Jewish People forever is responsible for that sin is both UnBiblical and nonsense.
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Christianity started first and was wiped out by Christiandom (Catholicism) . . . which forced all Christians to follow them . . . or face torture and death.\n\nExample . . . the inquistion . . . the crusades.
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First, no one murdered Jesus, he gave himself freely to make possible our salvation and return to our Father in Heaven. Secondly, all sins can be forgiven by a loving and forgiving God. While I do not believe as noted about that either the Jews or Romans murdered Christ. Jesus knew what was necessary and again gave himself freely in harmony with the Fathers will.\n\nI do not understand why anyone would want to blame others for the gift of salvation made possible by the life, death and resurrection of Christ. While many may say Jesus was treated poorly at the hands of his oppressors, this does not take away from His willing sacrifice for our future salvation. I do not place blame for the death of Jesus, I give thanks for his willing to die for yours and my sins.\n\nPeace be with you all,\n\n+Michael
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"The age of martyrs also produced a great number of writers who wrote about Christianity and what they believe in order to dispel some of the myths about Christians (some said they were cannibals because they ate the “body and blood”) These writers became known as “The Apologists” and they were able to help clarify Christian theology to the pagans, leaving us with some of the greatest explanations of the Christian faith."\n\n\nWhat you teacher tells you is true.  Christians were deemed to be cannibals because of the whole blood host thing with communion and they were martyred by mass murders.\n\nThis is an important lesson in not taking the time to really learn about something and just assuming that rumors are true - like what you hear on TV - \n\nBig spin off in the Catholic religion when King Henry VIII of England wanted to divorce his wife and the Pope said NO.  So, Henry got out of the Catholic religion, made himself the King of Religion in his country and tried to make all the Catholics in England convert to the Church of England - a lot of people were murdered for not changing over as it was deemed treacherous not to obey Henry.\n\nThe irony of the whole protestant England thing was that in Germany a monk name Martin Luther was trying to lead reforms in the Catholic Church too.\n\nhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martin_Luther\n\nIt is a strange thing that ofter two or more people will arrive at the same idea in different ways by different methods but almost simultaneously\n\nNow we have Protestants because a man wanted a divorce - which would have been better because Henry usually cut off their heads after that and his first wife was, in a way lucky to have got away with her head.\n\nYou have a very good teacher
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He and others betrayed and killed Caesar because they were afraid he would become emperor and ruin all of the democratic gains the Senate had instituted. Political power was at stake.\n\nChow!!
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The Jews did not kill Jesus.  The Romans did not either.  Mankind as a whole did, or more accurately, Jesus love for mankind.\n\nNails did not and could not hold the Creator to the cross.  Only love could.
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Hmn. Satanists killed next to none. Atheists in China killed loads. Pagans killed some Christians back in the day... Muslims killed Christians and Jews.... Jews killed Jews and Pagans... and Christians killed everybody!
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'god' hasn't killed anyone since before jesus's' time (biblically speaking).\nand if you believe any part of that teaching then you know that while satan has not directly killed anyone he has influenced many.\nno, i'm not a christian.  i just studied the bible (among other things).
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Finding strength to serve God, gives strength to others.  Paul used to kill Christians left and right.  But because he converted to Christianity, he witnessed to others about his past and became motivation for Christians to give up their evil ways...He also gave strength to those who weren't even Christians to convert to Christianity, because they figured that if God could forgive a man like Paul, certainly they could be forgiven...and just maybe, their lives would make sense...