The lesson we will learn today: Do not try to fool an editor, author, and writing instructor.
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Hasn't Christianity Been an Agent of Opression througout the Centuries?
mddoebler
May 11th, 15:44 Just a few more words on oppression in the church…
A few weeks ago, I saw an article about the infamous Swine Flu which contained a picture of a couple vacationing in Mexico. They were both reclining at a resort pool in swimsuits, wearing facemasks to keep from inhaling germs. I immediately thought of the early Christians. During two great plagues in AD 165 and 251, most people tried to avoid all contact with the sick, sometimes even casting those still living into the gutters. Many of the Christians, however, cared for those who were dying. As a result, many of them died from the plague themselves, but they were willing to make that sacrifice. To them, no matter what the risk, those dying folks were precious souls whom God had created and Christ had redeemed with his own priceless blood. They could not allow such treasured gifts to die alone.
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Live Longer, Healthier, and Better
The willingness of Christians to care for others was puton dramatic public display when two great plagues swept the empire, one beginning in 165 and the second in 251. Mortality rates climbed higher than 30 percent. Pagans tried to avoid all contact with the afflicted, often casting the still living into the gutters. Christians, on the other hand, nursed the sick even though some believers died doing so.
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