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Originally Posted by Graham
No, they just had, for instance, the Spanish Inquisition which was an attempt to destroy a complete group of people ie "heretics" to further its own ends.
But, of course, that's *entirely* different...!
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Now, really, do we have to go over this again? Christianity was instituted by Jesus of Nazareth, and a small group of his closest friends, a little under 2,000 years ago. What
they said Christianity is, is what Christianity is.
The actions of a politically-motivated elite (namely the Roman church) over 1,000 years later do not demonstrate that Christianity advocates violence in pursuit of its aims. The Roman church has always been led by a Pope who claims to be God's mouthpiece on Earth and therefore what he says, is what the Christian God wants, thereby sidestepping the Bible's clear message on this point.
'Bible believing' Christians throughout the last two millennia have always rejected this. You may have heard of the 'Reformation' in connecton with this.
You really don't peruade anyone who knows anything about it that the Spanish Inquisition demonstrates Christianity is a violent philosophy. But I think you knew that.
