No, it isn't. That the Catholic Church had a stranglehold on the faith and the Bible for some 1000 years does not make any of this new. Nor does them "removing" anyone who disagreed with their interpretation mean those people didn't continue to exist throughout the ages.
Further, none of this is true unless you make scripture out of single verses. This is not how the Bible is to be read. Since the Bible can not contradict itself, it must be read as a whole. It doesn't matter if you can jumble together a few dozen verses that could be said to justify all that shit, if even one verse truly says you are wrong, you are shit out of luck on your supposedly valid reading.
When read as a whole, it is impossible to get any of this warmonger shit where we launch 'holy crusades' against evil people and act as Knights in shining armor fighting evil.
When God says not to get revenge and to leave vengeance to Him in the OT, and then reiterates in the NT to turn the other cheek, to love our enemies, and to leave vengeance to Him, it's quite clear what kind of message is being given on the whole.
No, it isn't. That the Catholic Church had a stranglehold on the faith and the Bible for some 1000 years does not make any of this new. Nor does them "removing" anyone who disagreed with their interpretation mean those people didn't continue to exist throughout the ages.
Further, none of this is true unless you make scripture out of single verses. This is not how the Bible is to be read. Since the Bible can not contradict itself, it must be read as a whole. It doesn't matter if you can jumble together a few dozen verses that could be said to justify all that shit, if even one verse truly says you are wrong, you are shit out of luck on your supposedly valid reading.
When read as a whole, it is impossible to get any of this warmonger shit where we launch 'holy crusades' against evil people and act as Knights in shining armor fighting evil.
When God says not to get revenge in the OT, and then reiterates in the NT to turn the other cheek, to love our enemies, and to leave vengeance to Him, it's quite clear what kind of message is being given on the whole.