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Permalink Reply by Chris on June 21, 2012 at 8:42am

what is Jacobinism?

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Permalink Reply by zrdm on June 21, 2012 at 11:30pm

-an secular version of the inquisition

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Permalink Reply by Davy on June 22, 2012 at 4:42am

Chris you will find this article in Wikipedia informative about the Jacobin's here :

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jacobin 

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Permalink Reply by Chris on June 23, 2012 at 8:16am

Thanks. Will someone recommend a book on the French Revolution that's written in English?

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Permalink Reply by zrdm on June 23, 2012 at 9:38am

unsympathetic view of the jacobins

a sympathetic view of the jacobins

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Permalink Reply by Michel on June 23, 2012 at 12:18pm

Thnx.

The Jacobins were obviously nuts.

They had Rousseau as their prophet and they were trying to get the populace out of the middle-ages, nothing wrong with that. But with Robespierre's ultra-puritan enforcement of virtue turning into paranoia, they invented the first dictatorship.

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Permalink Reply by Chris on June 24, 2012 at 9:06am

Thanks I'm watching Terror Robespierre and the French Revolution now. I knew that during the revolution that tens of thousands of people were executed including Robespierre and it was a revolution steeped in paranoia that was out of hand. I hope the videos you referred to tell me how they successfully eliminated the Catholic Church. Even though the revolution was a period of terror it's great that the French eliminated the Monarch and got the church out of the affairs of the state.

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Permalink Reply by Chris on June 26, 2012 at 12:51am

I just finished watching the two videos and will watch some of the other videos referenced. It would be interesting to know how the French Revolution influenced future revolutions. 

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Permalink Reply by MJ on June 19, 2012 at 5:46pm

I was shocked by these articles. Thanks for educating me. I had no idea. It also prompted me to explore atheist persecution within the millitary, which also shocked me. Anyone willing to die for our country should never be shunned for not embracing Christianity. How sad. Our soldiers seem to pay a big price with relatively little appreciation. To any atheist veterans or members of the millitary, I thank you and salute you.

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Permalink Reply by Chris on June 21, 2012 at 8:40am

Check the stories on: http://www.militaryreligiousfreedom.org/ 

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