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medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture 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]> To: <[log in to unmask]> 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? ********************************************************************** To join the list, send the message: join medieval-religion YOUR NAME to: [log in to unmask] To send a message to the list, address it to: [log in to unmask] To leave the list, send the message: leave medieval-religion to: [log in to unmask] In order to report problems or to contact the list's owners, write to: [log in to unmask] For further information, visit our web site: http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/lists/medieval-religion.html