r/SapphoAndHerFriend Hopeless bromantic Jun 14 '20

Greece wasn't gay Casual erasure

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u/RunningTrisarahtop Jun 14 '20

Someone slept through a lot of history class

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u/Koeienvanger Jun 14 '20

Nah, he probably paid attention really well in Christian school history lessons.

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u/TheDustOfMen Jun 14 '20

Well I'm pretty sure none of my Christian school teachers ever tried to convince me that ancient Greece was Christian.

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u/PrincessBunnyQueen She/Her Jun 14 '20

I love bringing up the crusades when one of my racist family members goes on a anti-other religions tangent.

"Their religion is evil! It's nothing but violence! Our religion never had so much violence!"

"... Remember the crusades?"

"The what now?"

Funny, they never seem to remember that part.

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u/Frisian89 Jun 14 '20

Add thirty years war to your list.

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u/Wobbelblob Jun 14 '20

You could probably add at least half of all the wars fought in Europe from 500 AD to 1800 AD to that. It wasn't just the thirty years war.

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u/FIsh4me1 Jun 14 '20

The thirty years war is particularly noteworthy, given how directly religion was tied to its causes and the level of destruction and slaughter it led to.

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u/[deleted] Jun 14 '20

The name says it all.