[Aracelis]

You are quite correct. Brutality, murder, slavery and torture have not been the exclusive domain of Christianity. I am just altogether sick of being told that Christianity is a religion of peace and love for all.

[Alamo-Girl]

Er, please excuse the interruption...

I speak as a Christian fundamentalist - that is, a person who believes the Bible is the inerrant Word of God.

Ye have heard that it was said by them of old time, Thou shalt not kill; and whosoever shall kill shall be in danger of the judgment: But I say unto you, That whosoever is angry with his brother without a cause shall be in danger of the judgment: and whosoever shall say to his brother, Raca, shall be in danger of the council: but whosoever shall say, Thou fool, shall be in danger of hell fire. - Matthew 5:21-22

As you can see, even a “bad attitude” brings the same judgment upon those of us who truly believe the Word!

Indeed, there were many atrocities committed in the name of Christ. In my opinion, these were caused by people not knowing or believing the teachings of Christ - people who could falsely rationalize that others were subhuman - animals - either by race, customs, or the deeds of their ancestors.

Paradoxically, that kind of thinking exists today among the very ignorant as well as the very educated. On the one hand, the CI/Aryan types and on the other, the anti-Semitic intellectual agnostics. I do not take it lightly that the hate always seem to center first on the Jewish people.

IMHO, the more people are discouraged from embracing the teachings of Christ, the more likely these atrocities will happen again.

I urge you to examine the numbers on these exhaustive tables Democide - along with the sources. It puts the entire issue in much better perspective to all such atrocities and will substantiate that the greatest horror was brought by atheistic political regimes.