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Originally posted by Dave the Wonder Boy:
It clearly has a contempt for Christianity, a level of bias and contempt that makes me wonder if the rest of what the writer says could possibly be accurate.
One could say the same for your view of Islam.

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The early spread of Islam was through conquest for hundreds of years, and putting any in conquered areas who would not convert to Islam "to the sword".
....so was Christianity!

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Christianity is far more peaceful at its root, and in its first 300 years, never had an army fight and conquer in its name.
....what?!? You can't be serious, can you?

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And the Inquisition and Crusades were also a direct result of Islamic invasion deep into European/Christian territory.
...no, they were direct results of paranoia and intolerance.

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It was more of a taking back what had been taken from them, with some obvious excesses that were done in the name of Christianity, but were clearly more political than religious.
Back then there was no seperation between the two.

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Once printing presses made the Bible widely available to individuals, Christianity changed dramatically, and regained the peaceful nature that had been lost.
No, it just provided a larger platform for misinterpretation. The KKK, the Darwin cases, most hate crimes are based on the principle of Christinaity. It's become nothing more than an excuse for criminals to exercise their violent tendencies without having to take responsibility for their actions.

How many foreign countries have Christians invaded, intent on conversion?