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You wrote:

“Erasmus, when reading a Greek Bible for the first time, wrote, “Either this is not the Bible, or we are not Christians.””

Erasmus never said any such thing. You’re thinking of Thomas Linacre and that comment is probably taken out of context: “Either this is not the Gospel… or we are not Christians.” I would not rely on anti-Catholic websites for your info on the history of Christianity.

You also wrote:

“There were many, many other sects before and concurrent with the emergence of Roman Catholicism;”

Catholicism is Christianity. You apparently ascribe to a version of history that is ahistorical.

“the Paulicians, the Albigenses, the Waldensians, and many others.”

The Albigensians were not even Christians.

“These were usually horribly persecuted by the emerging Catholic majority.”

The majority were always Catholic.

“Then there were the Medici and Lucrecia Borgia. Oy.”

No, the Oy vey belongs in a conversation about the myths you’re unwittingly imbibed. Lucretia Borgia did nothing - if you look at the actual evidence - that ‘s because there is not actual evidence that Lucretia ever poisoned anyone or committed incest or any of the usual outrageous claims made against her. One of the problems for modern morons is that renaissance writers who hated someone made up all sorts of impossible, implausible and unfactual things about their enemies and people today assume they are true. All modern investigations have shown that there is no credible evidence Lucretia committed any of the crimes she has been accused of for centuries.

“All that aside, there were many abuses by all kinds of people who called themselves Christians but behaved like genocidal savages.”

Genocidal savages? How many of those were there really? I mean, seriously, come on.

“Let us focus on the words of Jesus in John 14, where He said three times, “That ye love one another.””

It’s hard to focus on that when you have nitwits spreading falsehoods and gullibly believing every bad rumor they’ve ever heard.

“I don’t care what your tradition is. If you love Jesus, and He is your Lord and Savior, then you are my brother or sister.”

Then don’t spread lies and half-truths about your brothers and sisters. Actually study history and know what you’re talking about. Is that too much to ask?