Wednesday, February 10, 2010

How did Napoleon bring all religions under control and into peaceful coexistence?

I'll give 10 points to the first person to answer correctlyHow did Napoleon bring all religions under control and into peaceful coexistence?
Personally indifferent to religious practices, Napoleon respected them too much to permit the slightest ridicule of those who followed them. It is possible that religion was, with him, more the result of an enlightened policy than an affair of sentiment; but whatever might have been the secret of his heart, he took care never to betray it. His opinions of men were concentrated in one idea which, unhappily for him, had in his mind gained the force of an axiom. He was persuaded that no man, called to appear in public life, or even only engaged in the active pursuits of life, was guided or could be guided by an other motive than that of interest. He did not deny the existence of virtue and honor; but he maintained that neither of these sentiments had ever been the chief guide of any but those whom he called dreamers, and to whom, by this title, he, in his own mind, denied the existence of the requisite faculty for taking a successful part in the affairs of society. . . .How did Napoleon bring all religions under control and into peaceful coexistence?
Its called dictatorship. He had control of everything and if you didn't like it then its of to the guillotine with you. Very nice coexistence.
He didn't. He wiped them all out in his realm

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