[farmer18th]

As opposed to "with God, all things are possible." Which presumably refers to the sort of attrocities performed by those advancing Christianity in the previous 2,000 years.

Totally secular governments, making no appeal to God, killed 100 million of their own people in the 20th century, by some estimates. (50 mil for Stalin, 6-10 million for Hitler, 2 million for Pol Pot....). I leave it to you to determine whether we would have been better served by a more widely shared Christianity.

The issue does not hinge on whether or not official christianity has been, on occasion, guilty of attrocity. It has. The issue is whether or not we would be better off under the benevolent care of Viking war lords, Druid Priests, Seneca medicine men or Hindu mystics.

[lugsoul]

"The issue does not hinge on whether or not official christianity has been, on occasion, guilty of attrocity. It has. The issue is whether or not we would be better off under the benevolent care of Viking war lords, Druid Priests, Seneca medicine men or Hindu mystics.

Why is it that this reminds me of Otter's speech to the Greek Council in Animal House?