Originally Posted by
Barry Shnikov
Oh, get real! Christianity invented neither. The greeks had the concept of alms=giving and so did the romans, and to the extent that christians have traditionally upheld the 'no killing' thing, several other religions have been at least as creative as christianity. In fact, except for one or two notable exceptions, involving human sacrifice, they pretty much all forbid killing. (Except exuctioners. Er, and soldiers. Er, and a few other important exceptions which would be convenient for the statesmen whom the religions look to for endorsement.) Even the ones that had human sacrifice generally made killing unlawful.
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