• ComradeSalad
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    2 years ago

    Of course, though some of those things like evangelicals would probably happen with or without the church. It just gives those people a good excuse. But the Taiping Rebellion wasn’t really Christian based, as Hong Xiuquan with simply just extremely mentally ill and delusional.

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      as Hong Xiuquan with simply just extremely mentally ill and delusional.

      It was still based on christianity. While he was certainly mentally unwell, we can’t be sure if it would play the same without christianity, if he was inspired by something else, he could go in entire other way.