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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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Zach P
3/14/2017 02:06:49 pm
I think that the good does not out weight that bad. I think this because even though Charlemagne improved education, converted people to Christianity, and won many battles, he still killed lots of people because they would not convert to Christianity. Charlemagne's motto: Believe in my God or prepare to meet him" stated that if you did not convert to Christianity, he will kill you. Charlemagne killed thousands of people because they would not convert to Christianity. Overall, I think the main reason that that the good does not out weigh the bad is because Charlemagne killed tons of people.
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Mr. Kaciuba
3/16/2017 07:28:30 pm
I don't know Zach, 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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xavier martinez
3/17/2017 10:40:12 am
huh well now that you put it like that it makes alot of sens and cange my mind i gess the good dose outweigh the bad
alex
3/18/2017 01:00:51 pm
i can agree with you Zach because He was just brutal. He was making threats to people who didn't believe in his religion. I would be scared!
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Cameron G
3/18/2017 10:57:26 pm
I agree with you Zach people should not be killed for religion. I also think that his killing is one of the reasons that most people are christian.
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Gabriela P
3/19/2017 03:33:02 am
I agree with zach that the food doesn't out weigh the bad because no matter what good Charlemagne did, he still killed tons of people.
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Gabriela p
3/19/2017 10:21:13 am
Good*
Makayla K
3/19/2017 03:24:12 pm
I agree with you. also that fail about the food instead of good is literally me XD. I;d be scared of him.
JonathanF
3/16/2017 06:38:21 pm
No the good does have to include the fair and equal treatment of all. Any bad that is done in the name of a good cause is an oxymoron.
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JonathanF
3/16/2017 06:42:05 pm
I agree with Zach P. The very point of Christianity is salvation and restoration of all specially of the weakest.
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Victoria A.
3/17/2017 07:40:38 am
i think that the good and bad are weighed evenly. I say this because it depends on the point of view you are looking at. If you were already christian then he was a great ruler.On the other hand if you were not christian then he was probaly horrible because he might of killed you and your family.
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Madelyn S
3/18/2017 04:13:55 pm
I agree with you Victoria because he did some good and bad things. I think that when he told people who wouldn't convert to Christanity "Believe in my God or perpare to meet him." I think that that was a bad choice to do. But he did convert many non-Christians to Christians.
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Nico M
3/19/2017 03:28:06 pm
I did not think of it that way Victoria I liked how you showcased it from different people's perspective. Clearly a lot of thought went into this.
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Jordan S.
3/19/2017 03:30:09 pm
I agree. It all depends on your perspective. He did improve the empire, but he also killed thousands of people. The way that you look at it shows wheather you see it is good or bad.
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xavier martinez
3/17/2017 10:37:52 am
i think the good dose not out wigh the bad because you shouldent push your religouis belifs on other people and that it seems crazy to kill a guy just cause he dose't belive in your god you could be a good preson but jewish
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Victoria A.
3/19/2017 07:07:59 pm
I see your point of you Xavier but if you already believe in his God then he did nothing wrong.He only made good changes in your life.
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Gavin Mielke
3/17/2017 06:25:40 pm
I think it was Bad. You Can't FORCE People To believe in your own god! That's messed up. But if he won every battle, that means he has some good in him right?
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aelex
3/18/2017 12:58:15 pm
i think that the good does not outweigh the bad because yes Mr.kacubia it may have been different back then but killing is killing. And his threats were scary to the people who didn't really care about chistianity. Like if someone who was christian said "believe in my god or prepare to meet him". It would be terrible for thee other person to get forced.
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Cameron G
3/18/2017 10:53:39 pm
I think the good does not outweigh the bad because Charlemagne killed thousands of people ,and sent their heads to other towns to say if you are not christian you shall die. Just because he won battles and improve education doesn't mean you get to kill innocent people for religion.
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Zach P
3/19/2017 09:02:39 am
I agree with you, Cameron. I like how you said that you should not kill innocent people just because of their religion. Even though back then killing was different, I still don't think you should. I also like how you stated that Charlemagne sent innocent peoples heads to other towns because I think that is a huge factor of why the good does not outweigh the bad.
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Gabriela P
3/19/2017 03:31:35 am
I think the good does not outweigh the bad. For example if you kill someone then give let's say $1,000 to charity, yeah that's good. But you are not outweighing it because the bad you have done is obviously bad and I think it can't be outweighed.
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Melanie.c
3/19/2017 09:01:19 am
I agree with you also he kill thousands of people and send their heads to other towns also.
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Melanie.C
3/19/2017 08:54:36 am
I think the good does not out weigh the bad.Charlemagne kill thousands of people and send them into others town.
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Nico M
3/19/2017 03:25:43 pm
I think the good does out weigh the bad because even though he killed a lot of people you have to remember that had he not done that not a lot of us would be Christian and we would worship Pagan "gods". Even if he killed a lot of people not a lot people cared. To them he was just killing some barbarians.
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Jordan S.
3/19/2017 03:25:58 pm
I think that the good does not outweigh the bad. Sure, he did very many things to improve the empire, but you have to think about how many people that he killed. I believe that after killing that many people, you really can't do anything to make up or overrule that.
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Makayla K
3/19/2017 03:26:57 pm
No, good doesn't ought weigh the bad. Threatening millions of people to switch religions or he will kill them?! Yeah I totally forgive him for that.
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Madelyn S
3/19/2017 06:32:52 pm
I don't think that the good outweighs the bad. He forced people to convert to his religion or he would kill them, like he said "Believe in my god or prepare to meet him." This killed many people. Even though he did stuff to improve the empire, you can't really make up the amount of people you killed.
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