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Originally Posted by Nemo Securus  I agree, I mean if there is an afterlife I bet Mary Magdeline and Judas are pretty mad ya know. Burning those text was kind of overkill to me. But then again they took religion a lot more serious than most people do today. I just think it would be so much better if all the texts were readily available now so people could draw their own conclusions about the stories. Might could have saved a lot of lives over time. | Well the Church "officials" were pretty damn uppity at the time and twisted religion to suit their politics imho. Lots of weird crap that went on that the Christians today would not tolerate. Too bad about the burning of the library at Alexandria also. What a gold mine of knowlege !
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