Replying to a message of Jeff Snyder to Bob Ackley:

 JS> On 05/05/09, Jeff Snyder quoted Bob Ackley: Abortion.

 JS>> Bob, stop and think. Can you honestly tell me that they were
 JS>> Christian by their deeds, or were they Christian in name only,
 JS>> because using that moniker helped them to spread their power and
 JS>> influence throughout the known world of their day?
 BA>> 
 BA>> Christianity was the state religion of those empires - except for
 BA>> Hitler's Germany where it was the major religion within the state
 BA>> but not a part of the government.  I forgot about the Holy Roman
 BA>> Empire, which was also Christian and which also collapsed.

 JS> Bob, you still haven't answered my question. Maybe it was the state
 JS> religion, but were they really Christian based upon their actual
 JS> deeds. If they weren't really Christian, but only using the Christian
 JS> name, then your previous response has no merit. There is only one
 JS> Christian government which will survive, and it hasn't arrived yet.
 JS> Get my drift? :)

Sure.  In point of fact all of the named empires except Hitler's were
'Christian.'  They weren't of the Protestant-Christian-fundamentalist
persuasion as we understand it today, but they were Christian.  FWIW
there is only *one* legitimate Christian denomination, and you ain't part
of it.

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