(criticism of “christianity” has a long history stretching back to the initial formation of the religion during the “roman empire”)
(critics have attacked Christian ‘beliefs’ and ‘teachings’ as well as Christian ‘actions’, from the ‘crusades’ to ‘modern terrorism’)
(the intellectual arguments against ‘christianity’ include the suppositions that it’s a faith of ‘violence’, ‘corruption’, ‘superstition’, ‘polytheism’, and ‘bigotry’)
(in the early years of ‘Christianity’, the ‘Neoplatonic’ philosopher ‘Porphyry’ emerged as one of the major critics with his book “Against the Christians.
(writers weren’t too ‘subtle’ in their ‘titles back then, were they?)
(“against the christians” –> i smell a potential song title!)
(it’s got tons of potential…)
(‘Porphyry’ argued that ‘Christianity’ was based on false prophecies that had not yet materialized)
(following the adoption of ‘Christianity’ under the ‘Roman Empire’, dissenting religious voices were gradually suppressed by both ‘governments’ and ‘ecclesiastical authorities’)
(a millennium later, the ‘Protestant Reformation’ led to a fundamental split in ‘European Christianity’ and rekindled critical voices about the ‘Christian faith’, both ‘internally’ and ‘externally’)
(with the ‘Scientific Revolution’ and the ‘Age of Enlightenment’, ‘Christianity’ experienced additional attacks from major thinkers and philosophers, such as ‘Voltaire’, ‘David Hume’, ‘Thomas Paine’, and the ‘Baron d’Holbach’)
(the central theme of these critiques negated the historical accuracy of the ‘Christian Bible’ and focused on the perceived corruption of ‘christian religious authorities’)
(other thinkers, like ‘Immanuel Kant’, launched the first ‘systematic’ and ‘comprehensive’ assaults against ‘christian theology’ by attempting to refute arguments for ‘theism’)
(Ii ‘modern times’, ‘Christianity’ has faced substantial criticism from a wide array of ‘political movements’ and ‘ideologies’)
(in the late 18th century, the ‘French Revolution’ saw a number of ‘politicians’ and ‘philosophers’ criticizing traditional ‘christian doctrines’, precipitating a wave of ‘secularism’ in which hundreds of churches were closed down and thousands of priests were deported)
ha!
(sorry i can’t help it! that’s too fucking funny! bravo Rosseau!
maximilian robespierre” owns the aland
owes it all to…
(following the ‘French Revolution’, prominent ‘philosophers’ of ‘liberalism’ and ‘communism’, such as ‘John Stuart Mill’ and ‘Karl Marx’, criticized ‘christian doctrine’ on the grounds that it was ‘conservative’ and ‘anti-democratic’)
(“Friedrich Nietzsche” claimed that ‘Christianity’ fostered a kind of ‘slave morality’ that suppressed the desires contained in the ‘human will’)
(the ‘Russian Revolution’, the ‘Chinese Revolution’, and several other modern revolutionary movements have also led to the criticism of ‘christian’ ideas)
(the formal response of ‘Christians’ to such criticisms is described as ‘christian apologetics’)
(philosophers like ‘augustine of hippo’ + ‘thomas aquinas’ have been some of the most prominent defenders of the ‘christian religion’ since its foundation)
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