Gould 0738 wrote:
Worry not...at some point in the not-too-distant future, various
Christian groups will declare war on each other, and start shooting each
other's followers for supremacy over the Divided States of Jesusville.
They are, after all, not much different from the Sunnis and the Shi'ites.

I plan to cheer on both sides.

If history can be considered a guide to human nature (something that changes
very little over time), that idea isn't oh so far out there. All the
intra-faith European wars and massacres aside, we've had a fair share of
similar incidents here in the US.


A not so distant cousin of mine founded a religion just under 200 years ago,
here in the United States. (His grandmother was a Gould from my Massachusetts
line....)

Seems that he and his followers ran into just a bit of trouble, expecially in
the early years:


From a source randmly selected from hundreds...


http://www.sinc.sunysb.edu/stu/dcann/exterm.htm


"On October 27, 1838, Missouri Governor Lilburn W. Boggs issued an executive
order that condoned the killing of Mormons residing in Missouri. It stated that
"The Mormons must be treated as enemies and must be exterminated or driven from
the state, if necessary for the public good. Their outrages are beyond all
description. If you can increase your force, you are authorized to do so, to
any extent you may think necessary." The execution of this order led to violent
conflict and the eventual migration of the Mormons from Missouri to Illinois,
where they stayed until their exodus to Utah."




Not far removed from some of the comments of the righties who post here
and who greet those who disagree with them with the "advice" that they
oought to leave the country. The gun-nutsies, of course, add their bit:
leave the country...or else.



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