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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!
3-4 Sentence Response to Question 2-3 Sentence Reply to ONE other student.
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Emmanuel Z
3/13/2017 09:19:46 am
I think the good outweighs the bad because converting to Christianity is not that hard while it is hard to do the other things. It would take a while to make the changes in the Frankish borders or improve the roads.
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Delaney B
3/13/2017 03:12:02 pm
I don't agree with Emmanuel. People have beliefs, there not just gonna convert to be a christian because u tell them to. It takes a little more then threatening them and talking about God.
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Angelina J.
3/13/2017 04:08:11 pm
I have to disagree. It is very hard to change religions. If you strongly believe in your beliefs you are going to stick with it. But if your not willing to take the risk you might end up worshiping a god that means nothing whatsoever to you.
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jordan r
3/15/2017 09:14:16 am
i disagree because he still killed all the people who did not listen.he did do some good but forcing some one to belive what you belive is bad.
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Autumn W
3/17/2017 08:52:43 am
I have have to disagree with you Emmanuel. When you are forced to decide to change your religion or die you could be under very great stress.
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Alexa D.
3/13/2017 09:22:34 am
No, because his quote is more like this would you rather live or die? I would chose to live and I think that most people thought that to.
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Delaney B
3/13/2017 03:03:44 pm
I think that people should have a second chance. But I don't think he should because he was killing instant people who wouldn't listen to him. Also as much good stuff you do as a good person, the one bad mistake you make is now how you represent yourself as a person.
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John M
3/14/2017 06:10:33 pm
I don't believe people should have a second chance because that is like putting a person in jail for killing 10 babies, 8 teens, and 20 adults, would you let that person going back out and now killing 60 people in a mall. So Charlemange gave them one more chance even though he shouldn't have because they got the message and they don't listen for when you come there for the first time.
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Emmanuel Z
3/19/2017 09:02:18 pm
I agree with John as Charlemagne gave the people a second chance.
Mr. Kaciuba
3/16/2017 07:25:59 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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Angelina J.
3/13/2017 04:05:14 pm
The good does NOT outweigh the bad. Although he did many great things for the Christian people he still did not do many good things for people outside of the Christians. I believe there could have been a better way to convert people to Christianity. He did it in a harmful way. He threatened people. How would you like it if someone came to your town and threatened to kill you if you did not believe in his religion.
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Jack F
3/15/2017 03:35:16 pm
I agree with you Angelina. There could have been another way to convert people to Christian.Plus he probably barely thought of what this meant to the non-believers.
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Madisyn G
3/17/2017 09:18:00 am
I disagree with you Angelina. Some of them even refused to convert to Christianity when he brought death upon them. If he had done it in a less harmful way I think less people would have converted.
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Luke P
3/13/2017 04:41:49 pm
In this certain situation the good does not outweigh the bad. Though, Charlemagne won many battles which helped by expanding the Frankish Empire, improving education, fixing the trail/ law system, and converted many people to the religion of Christianity he still killed many people. His quote "Believe in my God or prepare to meet him." shows a lot. He wanted many to convert to Christianity but he still killed people because they did not convert. In my opinion you should new kill someone, though it being about religion that makes him seem even worse. If Charlemagne had not killed so many people maybe my perspective on him would change.
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Luke P
3/13/2017 04:48:18 pm
I agree with you Angelina, the good does not outweigh the bad. Charlemagne forced you to convert to his religion of Christianity and if you did not he would kill you. Though he did many other things to help the Frankish Empire, it is never right to kill people.
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John M
3/14/2017 06:03:18 pm
For when people saw he was doing good i think they did not look at the bad but for when he did bad, they all leaned to the side of looking where the bad is over weighing the good. For example, I trip someone people that saw it would think i am bad and think of the other bad things i have done. Then people see me helping many students with their homework and then people would think of the good things i have done.
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jordan-rainey
3/15/2017 09:11:37 am
no because if he does belive god the he should not judge people. it is also a sin because he does not get to decide if people should live or die god does.
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Jack F
3/15/2017 03:32:10 pm
I don't think that the good outweighs the bad. Yes, he did do amazing things to help the empire and he did make a amazing empire, the Frankish Empire. He did kill even though he said he was a man of god. Plus to make it worse he killed not believers. If I was Charlemagne I would not kill them but push them into the religion.
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Trenton M
3/17/2017 08:58:17 am
I disagree worth you Jack because what he did was right, he was making sure his kingdom would prosper. If there was a people who would not steal, would not kill, and would not make military acts they would be destroyed before many people/ kingdoms knew they existed. also he WAS pushing people to join his faith, bit if you don't force them and only use preaching or other conversion tactics it is very unlikely it would work.
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Jasmine B
3/16/2017 07:51:58 am
I dont think the good outweighed the bad because he is still helping his empire. I think he is only telling them to believe in christianity because its the least you can do for him since he is taking acre of you and the empire.Another reason why is probaly so they are not against the emperor because he believes in a different reliogion then you do.
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Trenton M
3/17/2017 08:53:06 am
I think that what he did was good for the people of Europe because he pushed education in a time of no learning and sciences or art by building schools. yes he did kill many people for not converting to Christianity but he also built the Higha Sophia, a great work of art in a time of no creation. He also made the law system much better for his people so that it wouldn't make the poor stay poor and the rich richer.
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Autumn W
3/17/2017 09:02:52 am
If you are religious and you were forced to change your religion you would be under a great deal of stress. Then if you decided to not change you religion you would be dead! Nothing can make up for what he made you decide over.
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Madisyn G
3/17/2017 09:21:52 am
I think the good did outweigh the bad. By converting more people to Christianity he gained the Pope's trust which lead to a strong friendship and economy. Killing anyone who didn't convert was how far he had to take it back then for people to give up their hopes and beliefs. As almost to make up for the deaths of hundreds he caused, he improved learning and made a reliable and strong court system. That is why I think the good outweighs the bad.
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Yasmin O.
3/17/2017 06:18:07 pm
I agree, he did do a lot of great things improving the economy and improving peoples lives. But those lifes cost more. You cant replace lives. They could have conquered a lot of land dissregarding religion.
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Melle S
3/17/2017 09:51:30 pm
I can agree. That he did so much good, but what he did good showed more than the bad he did.
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Yasmin O.
3/17/2017 04:32:06 pm
Good does not out weight the bad. Though he did lots off good things and improved the economy, he still killed lots of people. He took lives from lots of inasant people. If he was Christian he wouldnt have killed because one of the ten commandments is "I shall not kill".
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Melle S
3/17/2017 09:49:30 pm
I think because he did so many good things that it overrules the bad. He helped the Europeans so much even though he cruel at times. Charlemagne fixed and improved the law of education and many more things. I do not think that what he did for Christianity was right, I just think he did so much more good.
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Anya Cooper
3/19/2017 06:52:02 pm
I agree with Melle. What he did for Christianity was not right. However, he did do more good than bad.
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Ethan
3/20/2017 07:47:40 am
I agree with you Melle. I agree with you because the laws that he fixed really helped his kind get on track.
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Anya Cooper
3/19/2017 06:49:52 pm
I belive the the good outweighs the bad. I belive this because he looked out for his empire. I think that is the most important to a king.
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Ethan
3/20/2017 07:46:04 am
I think the good outweighs the bad. This is because he killed and threatened people, but he helped the community. This really helped his civilization
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