My apologies if this was already covered last Dec.,

PARADISE PAPERS

New Mulroney Institute is bankrolled by billionaires steeped in scandal

Zach Dubinsky • CBC News • Posted: Nov 30, 2017 6:00 AM ET | Last Updated: December 1, 2017

http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/brian-mulroney-institute-paradise-papers-1.4425014

Wafic Said, the Syrian-born British businessman who helped broker a $74-billion warplanes deal between a U.K. defence company and Saudi Arabia.

Investigations in the mid-2000s determined that up to $10 billion in kickbacks may have been paid to Saudi officials. Hundreds of millions of dollars in secret commissions reportedly flowed through Swiss accounts linked to Said, though he was never the target of any investigation and never charged with any offence.

Victor Dahdaleh, a Jordanian-born British and Canadian metals magnate who the Panama Papers confirmed was the middle-man in a decades-long, $400-million global bribery scheme involving aluminum giant Alcoa and payments to government officials in Bahrain.

Wilbur Ross, the U.S. commerce secretary appointed by Trump.

The Paradise Papers revealed earlier this month that, through a thicket of offshore shell companies, Ross had a stake in a shipping business that received $68 million US in income from a Russian energy firm co-owned by a member of President Vladimir Putin's family and by a close friend of Putin who is under U.S. sanctions.

The Paradise Papers revealed earlier this month that, through a thicket of offshore shell companies, Ross had a stake in a shipping business that received $68 million US in income from a Russian energy firm co-owned by a member of President Vladimir Putin's family and by a close friend of Putin who is under U.S. sanctions.

David Koch, the conservative American tycoon who helped fund the U.S. Tea Party movement and who has spent considerable sums fighting public health care and trying to stymie efforts to curb climate change.

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Religious freedom takes away <<their>"power over" the masses. Christian, Islam, and Jewish - it is all the same problem.

"However, as dark as moments of Christian history have been, awareness of them need not lead to a complete rejection of Christianity. There have been Christians throughout its history who have fought against the tyranny of orthodox beliefs and behavior. There have been countless Christians who valued love and forgiveness over fear and punishment, who encouraged personal empowerment and understanding over submission and blind faith.

The dark side of Christian history was not an unavoidable result of human nature; it was the result of a very specific ideology and belief structure. As we have ignored the horror of Christian history, so we have ignored scrutiny of Christian beliefs and their pervasiveness in our seemingly godless modern world. Without scrutiny, the destructive patterns have continued to alienate people from God, the natural environment, and each other.

Yet, with understanding and attention, we can stop such harmful patterns. We can recognize that efforts to convince us that God demands our fear and unquestioning submission are in fact efforts to control us and to contain our spirituality. We can recognize that the belief in a singular supremacy lies at the root of chauvinism, racism and totalitarianism. We can move towards a world that values diversity, freedom and human dignity. And

we can embrace the hope and pursue the dream that humanity can be free to act humanely."

qoted from the Summary

http://ethosworld.com/library/Ellerbe-The-Dark-Side-of-Christian-History-(1995).pdf

My computer may have a problem so not attaching the pdf. Link is good and takes you right to the pDF. Can download or read on-line