Kyle, you are plying your trade of incitement again. Yes, sinners come in all forms and in all religions, but we needn't dwell on it incessantly. The real job is to live straight and try to see that others do too.
I have never denied the wrongs committed under the banner of Christianity, just as I have never denied the wrongs committed under the Star Spangled Banner during the building of our nation.
However, when the good they have done is weighed against the bad, there is no comparison. In other words, I don't waste my time focusing on the dark side of things and whining about it.
The Chinese government holds the world records for war crimes and human rights violations. 80 million Chinese citizens killed by their own government during the 20th century is a death toll far exceeding anything Christianity and America have done throughout their history.
Apparently, there is no end to it. The worst crime against humanity the Chinese have committed this century is the unleashing of the Wuhan virus on the entire world. And, what the Communists are doing within China's borders is, for lack of a better word, terrorism.
I am not a pacifist or a Kumbayah Utopian. As long as humans remain humans, there will good human beings and there will be evil ones. Wars are gonna happen.
During the 3530 years since the beginning of recorded history, the entire world has been at peace for only 286 years. Over 8000 peace treaties were made and broken.
Finally, my brethren, be strong in the Master, and in the power of His might. Put on the whole Armor of God that ye may be able to stand against the assaults of the devil, for we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places. Ephesians 6
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The CCP hasn't had a great record... But many nations have bad beginnings... Look how America turned out...
As for the Wuflu... No one could have predicted the stupidity of the West's response...
People are rarely peaceful... Usually arrogance and greed screw things up...