Genghis Khan was one of the more ruthless conquerors in the blood stained annals of human history. The people killed in his wars probably totaled forty million, an appalling number, especially for the first quarter of the thirteenth century. No wonder why he was referred to as The Flail of God or The Scourge of God . Doubtless the Pope was playing up to his Mongolian hosts, but better to pass by in silence this Medieval monster. At least John Wayne, along with possibly getting the cancer that ultimately killed him, got paid a good wage for mutilating history in The Conqueror (1956).
Yes, can’t argue with your assessment Don. The Mongols worship Genghis Khan. He was undoubtedly a brutal leader and it has been argued that the Mongolian Empire is considered the biggest in the history of mankind in terms of its reach. However, I would say that the Chinese have been far worse to the Christian cause in Mongolia. As was Communism. A fascinating part of the world.
So when they get rid of Capitol Punishment (sin now) all we have to say is we are imitating Khan so it’s accepted…
MrsOpey:
The nurderer of homicide in the first degree inflicts capital punishment upon his victim without trial or cause, violating all civil rights.
Jesus Christ was crucified under capital punishment. This is why I do not understand all the negative input.
Please remember that the power of attorney of the condemned nurderer of homicide in the first degree is used to execute capital punishment on him, a temporal punishment made to spare the murder of homicide in the first degree hell.
If capital punishment were not temporal punishment, the state (the citizen) could not employ it.
Consider this: a man rapes and strangles a seven year old girl and gets life, life in prison for thirty years. Equal Justice ?
The Mongols and those they inspired (Tamerlane) left quite the piles of skulls wherever they warred. True, Genghis was interested in culture, laws, religions and all of the related artifacts of civilization, going so far as to spare lawyers in his sacks of resisting cities. That personally warms my heart, for obvious reasons.
And he had rare moments of chivalry, such as sparing a Russian commander after learning that he was not the lord of a city Genghis had just conquered, but was just a general who stayed to fight after the lord had fled. Otherwise, he was fire and death.
I get playing up to a national hero for your hosts, and talking about the bare minimum of positive true facts…but yeah, wince.
Has Pope Francis ever spoken so positively about America, it’s heritage and history, and its heroes? I’m not saying he hasn’t. I just can’t recall.
“Jorge, what is best in life?”
“To crush your enemies, see them driven from their Masses, and hear the lamentation of the Trads”
Like I said in the other post, was the Mass an add on to the ecumenism, or the ecumenism an add on to the Mass? You decide…
I hear he was not even the main celebrant? Isn’t that like going to Beatles concert and finding out the main act is really the Monkees???
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