You two seem to be getting lost in a numbers game that, for me at least, obscures the point.
Which is?
If the point is that Christians throughout history have killed many people, granted.
If the point is that Christians who faithfully follow Christ's teachings shouldn't be killing people, also granted.
If the point is that non-Christians throughout history have killed many people, also granted.
If the point is that human beings, Christian, non-Christian religious, agnostic, and atheists all included, have an evil side to their natures which causes them sometimes to be killers when our contemporary sense of morality says the killings were wicked or evil, granted.
If the point is that we like to think the world is progressing from a state of barbarism to an increase of civilization, granted we like to think that, but not granted it's true. Hutu, Tutsi, Balkans, Middle East, just for starters.
If the point is that Christianity has or has not had a moderating influence on the historical propensity of people to go out and slaughter other people, that one's up for grabs IMO. But what's the point in trying to resolve it, which we never will anyhow?
If the point is none of these, then what IS the point? |
