Catholicism versus Protestantism down the centuries

What is the purpose of this really (well, what it has devolved into: Catholic vs. Protestant)? Why would you really waste your time and energy arguing with a very large group of people whom you will likely not have any profound effect on, how to go about believing in the same god that you do? When looking at the big picture or, as I am, from the outside looking in, wouldn't your time be better spent educating those who worship the wrong god all together (Muslims and Hindus, for example)? Is your god so petty that if a good catholic and a good Protestant where to be at the gates of heaven at the same time, he (or whoever meets the dead people when they die) would say "whelp, you worshipped me, but you did so by grace through faith with works and I really wanted faith through grace and works (even though my message was not at all ever clear and required heavy interpretation), so down to hell you go. Bye Bye Protestant."?Or is this how you folks try and solidify your own beliefs?

Actually, it is. What definition of genocide are you using? Genocide

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the deliberate and systematic destruction of a racial, political, or cultural group

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Maybe not precisely defined as the annihilation of culture, but that is basically the outcome or at least the goal.

I get that. But what you are describing is just murder. There is a reason we have the word genocide. It is not just a different word for killing people.

That's a good definition of mass murder. We are trying to define genocide, though. Also, using caps lock doesn't make your point any better. Message 148
Yes, please do so. Until we can even come to an agreeable definition of the words used in discussion, there can be zero hope of the discussion moving forward.