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Charlemagne forced many of the European people to become Christian or he would kill them. "Believe in my God or prepare to meet him." Even with this harsh demand he still did some great things like improve education, fixed the trail/ law system, won many battles expanding the Frankish empire, and converted many to the Christian faith. But does the good outweigh the bad? Explain why!
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Angie S.
3/13/2017 07:45:33 am
No, the good does not outweigh the bad. The good does not outweigh the bad because he was trying to force people to believe in something. He was threatening them, and was going to kill them if they did not do something for him, which is not right.
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Giovanna Torres
3/13/2017 07:52:53 am
I agree. The threats seemed a bit too far-fetched. If he was a bit more compassionate then it could have gotten more population and maybe more Christians.
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Macy O.
3/13/2017 07:56:41 am
I agree with you Angie. I agree because the good does not outweigh the bad. It is not right to kill people if they do not become Christian.
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Tommy T.
3/13/2017 07:56:58 am
I agree with you Angie. Although he did do some good things, he also did a lot of bad. So if you do one thing that makes people hate you, you could do soooo many good things too, but that one bad thing, can never be re-done.
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Zack T
3/13/2017 07:57:27 am
I agree with you because forcing is not good. Also, he could go down because he did that bad stuff.
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Mr. Kaciuba
3/16/2017 07:24:55 pm
I think the good does out weigh the bad. Killing is never good, but times were different back then. People were more violent and uncivilized in the past. Plus many followers of different religions spread their believes violently, its not like Charlemagne was unique. But Charlemagne was a unique figure during medieval times. He made school for children, spread the Frankish empire, and improve the court system to make it fairer.
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Kim G
3/19/2017 08:48:46 pm
I agree with Mr. Kaciuba because I think that the good out weighs the bad. Back then the world was violent and many disputes were handled by war and violence, so I guess leading your empire by threatening them was not that rare. Charlemagne also improved court system making the poor have a better chance of being innocent than always dying or being considered guilty
Julia G.
3/19/2017 04:47:06 pm
I agree with you Angie. I agree with you because you are right he just killed people because of their beliefs. Also it isn't right to threaten people because they didn't do something for him.
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Miles L.
3/19/2017 06:11:17 pm
I agree. Murder is murder, no matter how you put it. Even if you save the world, you took a life, that's unforgivable.
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Amira U.
3/19/2017 07:44:42 pm
I totally agree with you Angie. You can't just going around telling people to believe in what you belivin in. Because they might not have been grown up to believe that.
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Giovanna Torres
3/13/2017 07:51:30 am
I believe the good does not outweigh the bad because he mostly did threats and forced them to believe in something they did not want to believe in. He would kill them brutally, but it may have looked good from his empire's eyes.
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Garrett L
3/13/2017 07:55:15 am
i disagree if you fight with someone you could make it up. also if you want to be christian than you can be christian.
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Maddy S.
3/13/2017 08:00:23 am
I totally agree with you giovanna because he did force the people to beileive in smething they did not want to beileive in and if they did not beileive in that they would kill them brutally and that was not good
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Garrett L
3/13/2017 07:52:40 am
Yes it can out weight the bad because if you do something bad you can sometimes work it out with someone you fought with. if Charlemagne forced people to Christianity and he give them education and improved the government he could make up his actions. Also some people might like to convert to Christianity.
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Kim G
3/19/2017 08:42:23 pm
I agree with you Garrett the good outweighs the bad. i think that he king of made a slight trade like" if you become Christians I will improve laws and education".
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Macy O.
3/13/2017 07:53:00 am
No because he is forcing them to be Christian. If he did not force them the good would outweigh the bad. It is different though.
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Tommy T.
3/13/2017 07:54:03 am
I think the bad outweighs the good. I think this because as a ruler, you want your people to follow you and like you. Forcing your people to convert to your religion is not giving you a good reputation.
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.Connor W.
3/13/2017 07:59:32 am
I agree. The people didn't like him if they followed another religion.
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Zack T
3/13/2017 07:55:22 am
The good does not outweigh the bad. I think this because God wants you to good not bad. So he could of went down because of what he did.
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Katie K.
3/13/2017 07:56:28 am
I do not think the good out weighs the bad. First or all, he was very violent and wanted things to go his weigh by converting them to be christian. Even though he improved education,fixed the law system, and so on, that does not erase the other wrongs he committed.
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Hailey J.
3/13/2017 07:57:19 am
I think the good did overweights the bad.Even though he forced people to convert to Christianity, he improved society and education for the civilization.
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.Connor W.
3/13/2017 07:58:16 am
I think there is more bad. Instead of violence, he should have convinced them. He killed many people. He should have persuaded them to convert without death.
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janna L.
3/13/2017 07:58:29 am
I think the good overweight the bad because the king forced the people to believe in his god or he would kill them, so then the people would be terrified by the king, so they would obey the king,or they would be killed from being disobedient towards the king and not believing in his god.
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Liz W.
3/13/2017 04:45:58 pm
I disagree with you Jana. The good does not outweigh the bad because he was killing people for their beliefs which is not right.
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Jacob N.
3/13/2017 08:00:16 am
I don't think that the good out weighs the bad because he killed people for not beiliveing in their God. Thats not right.
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Abby P.
3/13/2017 01:41:43 pm
I think that you are right Jacob. Killing was-and still is-not right.
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Kevin S.
3/13/2017 02:20:58 pm
I agree with you Jacob N. it did not outweigh it and it was not fair. Also that is persecution and that is a horrible crime to be on your record.
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Jacob N
3/13/2017 02:48:21 pm
Also he forced them to switch over to Christianity. After he killed the people who did not believe in God he put their heads on sticks and gave them to other villages.
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Abby P.
3/13/2017 01:27:53 pm
I would say yes but he killed people. This is really a bad crime to commit. If he just put the people in prison, my answer would be yes.
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Josie J.
3/18/2017 09:59:17 am
I agree with you, Abby. Killing was pretty rough, and it would have been better if Charlemagne had thrown people in medieval prison instead of killing them. And that would also make it easier to say that the good outweighed the bad, too.
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Kevin S.
3/13/2017 02:14:30 pm
I do not think the good outweighs the bad because you can not force people to change or kill them. That is unfair! All tho he did great things but they were not good/big enough to outweigh the bad things Charlemagne did in the past.
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Jacob N.
3/19/2017 12:30:09 pm
I agree with you Kevin S. The Good does not outweigh the bad because he forced them to be christian.
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Liz W.
3/13/2017 04:44:38 pm
No because he killed people for their beliefs. You can't just kill people just because they don't believe in your God. Finally I think he did it really harsh. He ripped peoples heads off just because they would not believe in his God.
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Angie S.
3/19/2017 09:15:39 am
I agree with you Liz. I agree with you because it is not fair to kill someone just because they do not agree with you, or believe in your God.
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Delilah C
3/17/2017 04:45:13 am
I don't think the good that Charlemagne did can outweigh his bad. In my opinion Charlemagne only got people to convert to Christianity from fear and not hope. Also God said thou shall not kill.
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Miles L.
3/18/2017 09:10:41 am
I am torn. A christian law is to convert as many people as possible to our religion. But thou shalt not kill. I don't know which!
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Delilah C
3/18/2017 11:19:22 pm
I understand what you mean Miles. God did say both but I believe that although he covered many people to Christianity it was out of fear and not hope. He should've found a way to not kill and also convert people.
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Danny P.
3/19/2017 05:34:29 pm
Thou shall not kill is one of the Ten Commandments, but Charlemagne killed to convert. So would he go to heaven or Hell? Good or bad?
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Josie J.
3/18/2017 09:55:43 am
I think that the good does outweigh the bad. This is because, although many people were killed, he let the survivors have fair trials, and the poor as well. The rich were not guaranteed the best, and the people who should have been punished were punished. And, many people got better education, or just got education after not having any. So, although people were killed, many good things happened under Charlemagne's rule that oughtweigh the killing.
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Maddy S.
3/18/2017 11:55:18 am
I think that the good does not outweigh the bad, because he forced all these people to beileive in a religion that they did not want to beileive in and so even though he did a lot of good things to, that just cant outweigh what he did.
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Julia G.
3/19/2017 04:44:29 pm
No I do not think that the good outweigh the bad. I think this because killing people is never good. But on the other hand it was a different time and they thought killing people wasn't that bad.
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Danny P.
3/19/2017 05:30:16 pm
I think the bad outweighed the good because Charlemagne still did kill thousands of people from trying to convert others to Christian alone. He killed thousands more in wars and some of his own people! So he probably didn't go to heaven after all that he sinned tens of thousands of times.
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Amira U.
3/19/2017 07:48:15 pm
I don't think the good outweighs the bad. I know it was different back then but that still didn't mean you go around killing people because they don't believe what you believe. And if the didn't grow up to believe that then the probably won't ever believe it.
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Inez O.
3/19/2017 07:53:06 pm
I agree with you Amira he didn't outweigh the good. Because of the bad things he did like killing people in the good examples you gave.
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Inez O.
3/19/2017 07:51:27 pm
I don't think the good outweighs the bad. I believe this because he did harsh things and I believe that to look back in your past is mean but to look at the present is first. Equally I'm just trying to say that he said and did lots of mean things so I believe that he didn't outweigh the good .
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Kim G
3/19/2017 08:38:16 pm
I think that the good outweighs the bad. He could have been trying to make churches get more money by making people go to church and convert to a different religion. He did many great things like improve education and improve the law system. He was just very compassionate and wanted everyone to feel the same way it might have been a bit harsh but he might have just wanted people to feel hopeful by converting to Christianity.
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