[maine-iac7]

Which scripture clearly advocates the murder or forced conversion of non-adherents?

Are you saying that because there was not a scripture advocating the inquisition that killed/slaughtered, staked, burned, hung-drawn and quartered - that it must not have happened? OR must not have been perpetrated by Christians - ordered by Popes?

[Irene Adler]

".....that it must not have happened? OR must not have been perpetrated by Christians - ordered by Popes?"

Please don't be silly. Of course Christians have persecuted others, mostly about 400 years ago, and involving, at most several thousand deaths over the entire course of Christian history (not to diminish the cruelty of any religions persecution). On the other hand, literally millions of Christians have been martyred during the 2000 year history of the Church especially when massive waves of persecution hit the early church.

For the remainder of the point of my post, please see my more recent post, above.

Evil people, posing as true Christians, can misuse Christianity for evil ends; but its scripture and doctrine do NOT advocate such action, and good Christians do not do such things. Koranic scripture and doctrine are quite another matter.

[VOA]

Are you saying that because there was not a scripture advocating the
inquisition that killed/slaughtered, staked, burned, hung-drawn and
quartered - that it must not have happened? OR must not have been
perpetrated by Christians - ordered by Popes?

This is what happens when pretend-Christians don't read "the manual"
or did read it and decided to do just the opposite.

Besides awaiting the development of the printing press, there was
a reason that The Bible was kept in such short supply so that
even Catholic priest had trouble accessing one.
That was one reason Luther got rolling...he actually got hold of one
and really read it. And what he found didn't match what he saw
and heard when he'd visited Rome.
(I'm not bashing Catholics...just saying the Church organization
seriously went off the rails as an organization as far as trying to
follow what was in the New Testament)