Tim Streater wrote:

In article , Nightjar
wrote:

On 05-Mar-18 10:35 AM, Tim Streater wrote:
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That's the Old Testament. I think if you look into it you'll find that
Christians follow the New Testament. Sure, they refer to and read bits
of the Old, but that's for context. Just as if I read a history book
that refers to slavery, doesn't mean I approve of slavery.

It is a while since I read it, but I don't recall anything in the New
Testament to justify Charlemagne's forcible conversion of the Saxons or
any of the medieval Crusades.

Or indeed the burning of Protestants/Catholics at the stake in the
16thC. But that was then, and was done by humans, not the deity of your
choice. Everyone's mellowed a lot since those days.

Not everyone; there are quite a few Americans who are willing to shoot
gynaecologists, for instance.

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Roger Hayter