medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture
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On Nov 8, 2005, at 2:20 PM, Charles Giguere wrote:
> medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and
> culture
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> Yes; it sort of belongs to the same system of thought as Rousseau's
> forcing
> people to be free. But I have never quite followed the logical
> connection
> between saving infidels and massacring them.
>
> Bernadette Filotas
>
> Bernadette Filotas
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Karl-Georg Schon" <[log in to unmask]>
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> Sent: Tuesday, November 08, 2005 1:51 PM
> Subject: Re: [M-R] Spread of Religion via Conquest
>
>
> medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and
> culture
>
> Hi
>
> Just to throw in a thought:
>
> Suppose you are convinced that a certain belief (from whatever
> religious
> point of view - medieval christian or whatever) is necessary for
> eternal
> salvation and that any infidel (again from whatever point of view) is
> destined to eternal damnation and hell - are you not duty-bound to do
> whatever may be necessary to salvage the immortal souls of your
> fellow-humans? Isn't it (if this is your firm belief) necessary
> even to
> apply violence in order to do this? After all you are doing a favor
> to those
> people, aren't you?
>
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