You'd think, if you were a sane reasonable person (which is asking too much of you all on this thread) that the religion that built and civilized and in fact liberalized western civilization and drew it out of the Dark Ages of barbarism and superstition, would have earned a teeny bit of respect. Ya know, just enough to stop and wonder if your first evil trash thoughts just might possibly be in error, like seriously out of context, and that the people who have followed its teachings for two thousand years just might not share your kneejerk culture-bound take on it.
Are you talking about Catholicism? Because most of the early contributors of the Renaissance (which was the movement that drew Europe out of the Dark Ages) were Catholic. Also, Protestants did not follow any "teachings" for two thousand years, since they did not even exist until the 16th century (2017 will mark the 500th anniversary of Luther's 95 Theses!).
So, you must be referring to Catholicism; or are you referring to Christianity as a whole and including Catholicism as Christian? Either way, I find it surprising that you think of Catholics so fondly now. Have you had a recent change of heart?
HBD
Whoever calls me ignorant shares my own opinion. Sorrowfully and tacitly I recognize my ignorance, when I consider how much I lack of what my mind in its craving for knowledge is sighing for... I console myself with the consideration that this belongs to our common nature. - Francesco Petrarca
"Nothing is easier than to persuade people who want to be persuaded and already believe." - another Petrarca gem.
Ignorance is a most formidable opponent rivaled only by arrogance; but when the two join forces, one is all but invincible.
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