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Hagia Sophia - one of the most famous historical landmark that was built as an Orthodox Church by Emperor Justinian in 360 AD and remained a church until the Muslim Ottomans conquered Istanbul and turned it into a mosque in 1453 and remained so until Turkey became a secular country and made it into a museum in 1935 and removed all the plastered Jesus and Christian icons and images.
What a disgrace Turkey is (one of Americas allies); they killed 1.5+ million Christian Armenians and Assyrians in 1915 and denies it the genocide, destroyed many famous historical churches during the Ottoman Empire or converted them into mosques, took away Hagia Sophia as a Christian worship, and now wants to make it a mosque again.
Kabaa in Mecca was originally place of monotheistic worship, so I guess Pagans should demand it being turned into a Pagan worship again!
Nobody was forced to convert; Many former Pagan Natives in the Americas converted when they were introduced to Christians and Christianity by the Europeans, and also because of the "Lady of the Guadalope" story... Roman Emperor Constantine converted to Christianity and made Christianity legal and the official religion, yet nobody forced him to convert although he was influenced by his mother.
You may want to learn some history. Native Americans had their children taken from them, they were forced to leave their sacred lands, forced to never speak their native tongue, marched and killed because they were "savages". Now who is the savage? The one who lives in harmony with nature, or the one who rounds them up takes their children and kills them?
Nobody was forced to convert; Many former Pagan Natives in the Americas converted when they were introduced to Christians and Christianity by the Europeans, and also because of the "Lady of the Guadalupe" story.
Yes, the "Lady of the Guadalope" story, that was very convenient and opportune.
It's an architectural marvel. It's massive, huge dome, windows in the dome, and yet it's survived all these centuries of earthquakes due to one key element. The builders added crumbled red brick to the mortar thus allowing a bit of flex.
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