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I am struggling deeply with this, I cannot beleive that there is a God when I see these examples.
Reign of Terror (1793-4) in France.
Another anti-clerical uprising was made possible by the installment of the Revolutionary Calendar on 24 October. Against Robespierre's concepts of Deism and Virtue, Hébert's (and Chaumette's) atheist movement initiated a religious campaign in order to dechristianize society. The program of dechristianisation waged against Catholicism, and eventually against all forms of Christianity, included the deportation of clergy and the condemnation of many of them to death, the closing of churches, the institution of revolutionary and civic cults, the large scale destruction of religious monuments, the outlawing of public and private worship and religious education, forced marriages of the clergy and forced abjurement of their priesthood.
The enactment of a law on October 21, 1793 made all suspected priests and all persons who harbored them liable to death on sight. The climax was reached with the celebration of the Goddess "Reason" in Notre Dame Cathedral on November 10. Because dissent was now regarded as counterrevolutionary, extremist enragés such as Hébert and moderate Montagnard indulgents such as Danton were guillotined in the spring of 1794. On June 7 Robespierre, who had previously condemned the Cult of Reason, advocated a new state religion and recommended that the Convention acknowledge the existence of God. On the next day, the worship of the deistic Supreme Being was inaugurated as an official aspect of the Revolution. Compared with Hébert's somewhat popular festivals, this austere new religion of Virtue was received with signs of hostility by an amazed Parisian public.
Of course, I doubt I could cite any other examples - either before, or after this time period.
Sources: en.wikipedia.org...
Originally posted by kiwifoot
Originally posted by Hellas
because that would be against the "free will" he gave mankind.
Yep.
I was waiting for that mate.
Seriously, if you love someone, are a all powerful God, would allow a young baby to suffer %85 burns and scald to death?
I'm sorry, it doesn't wash.
In fact, that's almost obscene on the face of it.