[Alura]

Jesus was a way-cool dude! It's his fan club that puts me off.

In my opinion, Christianity took a turn away from Jesus' teachings when Saul of Tarsus became an influence and started writing his letters of fear and loathing to Christian enclaves all over the known world at the time.

It got worse when Constantine made Christianity the official religion of Rome, moved to Constantinople and ordered a group of scribes to assemble the Bible. They, for some reason, relied heavily on Saul's writings, including them in the Bible while leaving out the writings of some who had actually known Jesus.

If one considers the "Bloody Popes" of the Middle Ages, the Spanish Inquisition, (which set the stage for the genocide in Mexico, Central and South America), and the Salem Witch Trials, Christianity has done far more harm than good.

The worst part of the Church's history is that it was done in the name of a man who should, indeed, be called The Prince of Peace.

Congratulations, Cupl4fun, on having thrown off the shackles.

Mr. Alura