[grey_whiskers]

I understood where you were coming from after your *first* explanation -- but you are misunderstanding where *I'm* coming from.

I used the phrase "doesn't quite imply, but still connotes" because I meant to say just that: you didn't phrase things strongly enough for a Dawkins type, but you left the screen door open, so to speak.

And note that I said *all* religions: not just Christianity.

There are pre-Christian religions which apparently did some pretty nasty things: there are post Christian religions which *continue* to do bad things.

One of the the differences of Christianity is that its founder (and its dogma) did not enjoin the slaughter of multiple humans either as an offering to God, or to spread the faith.

The only one killed as an offering to God WAS the founder: and the instrument of His torture and death is recognized worldwide as the symbol of this faith.

Cheers!

[RepublitarianRoger2]

I used the phrase "doesn't quite imply, but still connotes"

Uh huh. And I replied to say that it does no such thing.