Really? Equally? So religion that polices its own with someone who has placed himself under its authority vs religion that kills random citizens because they develop scientific thought are equally disturbing? Ok...
Yes. Religious ‘leaders’ issuing fatwa to kill people for any reason disturbs me.
Your response is the same for both sides of the argument. All religions police their own. Also, during that time you had little choice whether you wanted to be under the churches authority, it was pretty much state sanctioned. So to disagree with doctrine was heresy by default. Not a hard concept.