Fairness - The Commentary

“The blood of martyrs is the seed of the church,” wrote second century Christian theologian Tertullian. And during his June 30 th  mass this year, Pope Francis agreed: “The Church grows thanks to the blood of the martyrs. This is the beauty of martyrdom.” There's a sense, then, in which Christianities have historically wavered between a persecution complex and the desire to dominate over and control the world's morality. Christian denominations have had as their goal, after all, the conversion of everyone to their own position as if the old saying is: “The more the truer. “ And they're not alone. Modern defenders notwithstanding, Buddhist religions have flourished most when they were embraced by governments as have multiple Islams. Confucian ethics became culturally Chinese when the Han dynasty enforced it as a political philosophy, and Shinto has always been tied to the status of the Japanese emperor. Even Hindu sects became strongest when the kings of India endowe...