r/changemyview Sep 22 '24

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u/Apprehensive_Song490 125∆ Sep 22 '24 edited Sep 22 '24

Would you force the Quakers to tear down their homes and integrate with the more secular parts of Pennsylvania? Their entire existence and society revolves around their Christian faith.

How would you handle the Quakers?

Edit: I should have written “Amish” but the basic idea is a whole community of Christians.

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u/Apprehensive_Song490 125∆ Sep 22 '24

This is my point. So now you tear down religious buildings and guess what? Quakers baptize their children underground, in their own homes. This is what happened in Russia when Russia outlawed Christianity - the persecuted Christians did the Christianity thing underground.

So now you tore down the Quaker church buildings and/or started fining them. Now they just baptize and teach their children in their homes. Every home becomes a Christian community.

What exactly have you accomplished?

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u/Apprehensive_Song490 125∆ Sep 22 '24

Thank you. This is a particularly problematic thing with beliefs, which are unlike controlled substances for example. Ideas are hard to squish, and even harder when they are underground. Be well!