Our Violent World and the Ethics of Jesus

Our Violent World and the Ethics of Jesus
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Total Pages : 332
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ISBN-10 : 9781684712281
ISBN-13 : 1684712289
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Book Synopsis Our Violent World and the Ethics of Jesus by : John Dudley Willis

Download or read book Our Violent World and the Ethics of Jesus written by John Dudley Willis and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2019-11-29 with total page 332 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is driven by forty years of study on 1700 years of Christian violence. The historical section, Part 1, opens with, "Christianity is the most homicidal religion in the history of the world...Half a Billion men, women, children, infants, elderly, sick, and disabled slain." You read how Christians were and are taught to obey their governments more than Jesus Christ, whether killing as soldiers, torturing for governments, or harming innocent citizens as police. You read the words of Christian European Kings, Queens, and Popes to their Christian explorers sent into world, "Discover, subdue, and conquer."


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