Can we please just put the lid on this?
Being sensitive is completely understandable, but you know it wasn't intended as an insult nor was it intended to be inflammatory. Whether accurate or not, it was still just a figure of speech.
While I’m a Christian first and above all else, I’m looking at this from an historian’s point of view. The claim is historically inaccurate, and the more it is defended the more I will refute it.
Believe me, I’m very glad to move on from this silliness.