[wbarmy]

Please study your history and you will see that Christianity did not really get into the sword method till hundreds of years after its founding. The Reformation brought it back to its original roots.

Islam was always and specifically spread by the sword, except of for their trade legations to Indonesia. And once the religion was ensconced in Indonesia, they began the same pattern we have seen historically.

[Cronos]

well, the first and second wave of reformers like Luther (1st) and Calvin/Zwingli (2nd) were not particularly peaceful. It was the Mennonites who were peaceful

The Reformers did fight with a sword.

[elhombrelibre]

Also, the much maligned Crusades, though poorly executed and not disciplined, they were defensive wars.

[pgkdan]

Please study your history and you will see that Christianity did not really get into the sword method till hundreds of years after its founding. The Reformation brought it back to its original roots.

The differentiating factor between 'sword methods' is that neither Jesus Christ nor His Apostles ever taught that the faith should be spread using the sword and, in fact, taught the exact opposite. Our Lord taught us to love our enemies and to pray for those that would persecute us. Mohammed insisted that his followers take up the sword to impose islam on the world.