No wild beasts are so deadly to humans as most Christians are to each other.

About This Quote

The statement, "No wild beasts are so deadly to humans as most Christians are to each other," refers to the willingness of Christians to wage war against their fellow believers. This is an ironic statement if one considers that Christians call themselves the "salt of the earth." If salt is the only thing that can dissolve earthly matter, then it makes sense that Christians would preferably dissolve other Christians rather than non-Christians. However, salt dissolves only on acid, or on salt water. When dissolved in water, salt turns into a different substance.

The substance is called 'sodium chloride', or table salt. When dissolved in water, salt does not turn into table salt. On the contrary, it becomes something else.

So too with Christianity. This is not to say that all Christians are bad people; no group of people are all good all the time. However, when all is said and done, most of them are bad people that love to kill one another instead of loving one another.

Source: The Later Roman Empire

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