The actions of the Rwandan priests, nuns, bishops are not and should not be symptomatic of the Christian doctrines. Is the Communist Manifesto rendered evil because Kim Jong Il opts to enslave the North Korean population? There is minimal correlation between the manifesto and what spurs Kim's agenda and actions. Similarly, the New Testament does not substantiate the actions that you have charged on these 'nuns, priests and bishops'. These individuals have deviated from Christian teachings and have not acted in accordance with Christ’s teachings. This essentially means that Christians have engaged in atrocities, not Christianity has instructed atrocity through the ideals it requires that we follow.
Fact of the matter - Abstinence prevents HIV/AIDS. The Church does not place a blockade on the distribution on condoms; they simply do not supply them. Instead, they instruct their adherents to exercise abstinence which is more effective and efficient than condom use.
I once again find your assertion that rationality/reasonableness and Christianity are mutually exclusive highly objectionable. It's just a stupid and cheap slur which won't be dignified with refutation.
The existence of a slave trade is morally repugnant to me. I don't deny its existence and it is a source of immense revulsion to me. However, the New Testament does not substantiate it, especially the teachings of Christ. To a Christian, the Old Testament is incongruent if it is not read with the New Testament in close proximity.
Our Oil is mined from East Timor. I do not wear any forms of jewelry and my family possesses very little jewelry, let alone from Africa.
Once again, you provide numbers not evidence. I'll address the numbers anyway. This is Spanish/Portuguese/European colonisation not Christian colonisation. Empires resolved to expand and their religion invariably came with it. The Soviets consumed Eastern Europe and diluted Christianity. The Arabs expanded in order to open trade barriers and enrich themselves; sadly, Islam followed. It's just a reality my friend and not something that Christianity has a monopoly on.
As I said, the problems incurred within South America can and should be attributed to the United Stated of America, especially liberal regions which use drugs. If you have a problem with colonisation then take it up with the Spanish and Portuguese governments not the Catholic Church.
Finally, I am nice to many others just not you. I find your attack on Christianity to be affronting which is why I am not nice to you. I endorse the bible in much but not all of its entirety. I don't endorse the Old Testament in its entirety and read it in lieu of what the New Testament teaches. If a teaching in the Old Testament contravenes a teaching in the New Testament then I must obviously disregard it. For this reason, I will not sell my sister and if I were to have a daughter in the future I will not put her up on the slave trade. However, as a human being I am fallible and I cannot always uphold my religious obligations.
