What is the worst atrocity associated with the Christian faith?

Question

What is the worst atrocity associated with the Christian faith?

Answer 1

to many to mention, from preaching young men into it's numerous wars. Torture of Indians to convert them and then telling widows to preach their husbands out of hell they had to give the church all their money. They were wicked and did a lot of horrible things to others in the name of religion. From slavery to torture of others.

Answer 2

That would be the failure of the Christian church to fully evangelize and convert the whole world. Thus allow sin to run rampage and cause all kids of atrocities.



Look at what happened when the Christian faith was removed from the USSR. 17 million killed in the first few years under Lenin and Stalin. 23 million more under the later governments. All because Christians failed to reach Lenin, Stalin and others with the message of God's love.



The same with countries like Red China, Cuba. North Korea, etc. Had the Christians done there duty of reaching Mao. Castro. etc., those atrocities could have been avoided.



Interesting to note that most historians point to the conquest of Jerusalem in 1095 by the Crusaders as the worst decade of atrocities by Christians. The usually count is around 900,000 killed during that campaign (on all sides.) Yet that barely hold candle to the 17 million killed in less then a decade by atheism in the USSR, or unknown millions in China during the Moa Revolution there.



History argues against your premise.

Answer 3

Throughout history it has been the Catholic Church with its dominating Popes.The Catholic Church has called itself Christian, yet it does not follow the Holy Bible which is God's instruction book. Consider this, the Pope has millions of followers, but Christ Jesus had twelve and one seriously betrayed Him.

Answer 4

Telling innocent children they were born soiled and that an all powerful being might send them to burn forever in hell if they don't love it. That's rotten to the core and all atrocities descend from there.

Answer 5

Catholics not Christians.

August 14,2018.

“Bishops and other leaders of the Roman Catholic Church in Pennsylvania covered up child sexual abuse by more than 300 priests over a period of 70 years, persuading victims not to report the abuse and police officers not to investigate it, according to a report issued by a grand jury on Tuesday....”



“The report, which covered six of the state’s eight Catholic dioceses and found more than 1,000 identifiable victims, is the broadest examination yet by a government agency in the United States of child sexual abuse in the Catholic Church. There have been ten previous reports by grand juries and attorneys general in the United States...”

https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.nytimes.com/2018/08/14/us/catholic-church-sex-abuse-pennsylvania.amp.html

Answer 6

The burning of Christians by the 1,000's by the most cruel church.

Answer 7

The worst atrocity associated with the Christian faith is the tremendous persecution suffered by my brothers and sisters in the hands of cruel intolerant people.



Our Lord and Head of the Congregation was falsely arrested, beaten and killed. His apostles and disciples taught and healed sicknesses freely, and they were also beaten and imprisoned, and the fearless Stephen was stoned to death for telling the truth.



Then began the persecution, which continued from that day to this. Jesus said that it would:



"In fact, the hour is coming when everyone who kills you will think he has offered a sacred service to God." John 16:2



In another place, Jesus said why:



“These things I command you, that you love one another. 18 If the world hates you, you know that it has hated me before it hated you. 19 If you were part of the world, the world would be fond of what is its own. Now because you are no part of the world, but I have chosen you out of the world, for this reason the world hates you. 20 Keep in mind the word I said to you: A slave is not greater than his master. If they have persecuted me, they will also persecute you; if they have observed my word, they will also observe yours. John 15:17-20

Answer 8

they believe in faith

Answer 9

The scary thing is, I don't think we'll ever really know what the "one - most atrocious" thing the church has ever done because any record of it is probably buried deep in some archive somewhere that the general pubic does not have access to.

Answer 10

I'm not keen on their (Christians) haircuts.

Answer 11

You may read here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thirty_Years%27_War

There is a film too: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Last_Valley_(1971_film)

Answer 12

Christianity is the false brainwash cult called BABYLON in the book of Rev.



Christianity is the false religion in the book of Revelation called BABYLON



The Catholic Church is the mother of whores and all the Churches that came from it are her whore children.



Revelation 18:4 And I heard another voice from heaven, saying, Come out of her, my people, that ye be not partakers of her sins, and that ye receive not of her plagues.

Answer 13

Persecuted Christians.

Answer 14

The Spanish Inquisition.

Answer 15

The worst atrocity is not following the teachings of Jesus Christ and then claiming to be doing one's own selfish and hateful actions in HIS name.



Suppose someone went to your spouse or best friend, assaulted them and then claimed to be doing it at YOUR command, because they were YOUR follower. More people do the same. And then people start asking "What is the worst atrocity associated with believing in YOU?



Jesus said, "'Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind.' This is the first and greatest commandment. And the second is like it: 'Love your neighbor as yourself.' (See Matthew 22:37-39) He also said, "So in everything, do to others what you would have them do to you." (See Matthew 7:12)



And this is what he said to those who claimed so falsely to be religious and self-righteous: (See Matthew 23)



"Woe to you, you hypocrites! You shut the kingdom of heaven in men's faces. You yourselves do not enter, nor will you let those enter who are trying to. You travel over land and sea to win a single convert, and when he becomes one, you make him twice as much a son of hell as you are."



The problem isn't Jesus Christ, or TRUE Christianity. There you will find a higher standard of love and compassion for others than most of us will ever reach.



The atrocity is the selfish failings of people who fall so far short of the simple commands Jesus gave us. People do all kinds of ugly, selfish, hateful and self-righteous things, in the name of their religion, their race, their government, their political party, and even their favorite sports team, or just to feel good about themselves. None of this has anything to do with Christ or being his follower.



It's always easy to find someone in a group other than your own, criticize them and be blind to one's own self-righteousness in the process. We could all do better to learn a bit more about what Jesus actually taught and to then follow it.

Answer 16

Our enemies.

Answer 17

Inquisition

Answer 18

Do you mean false Christian religions ?

Answer 19

Brainwashing other human beings by insisting that they observe religious indoctrinations when it is plainly obvious that such fables are quite impossible, and expecting your fellow man NOT to use his intelligence in order to think logically for himself.

Answer 20

The Crusades , Inquisition , and Salem Witch Trials were all religiously-motivated more directly by Christianity . So I would have to say Christianity is a bloody murderous cult .

Answer 21

Ray comfort

Answer 22

Becoming the official church of the Roman Empire

Answer 23

The fact that they don’t live the life Jesus did and that they don’t respect or uphold the the Bible.

Answer 24

Catholic priests molesting little boys the world over for at least my lifetime I've noticed.

Answer 25

what is the "WORST" atrocity associated with the "CHRISTIAN" FAITH ?



FAITH , referencing a dictionary has two uses listed



# 1 the complete TRUST in someone or something



# 2 the Belief in "God" or the DOCTRINES of a RELIGION,



based on "SPIRITUAL" apprehension rather than PROOF



ATROCITY ( noun) a extremely wicked ACT , typically one involving physical harm or injury



Slavery IN what became what United states of america BEGAN when quote " 20 and ODD " enslaved Africans to the BRITISH COLONY of Jamestown Virginia in 1619 and did not offically END until the ratification of the 13th Amendment of 1865 ..



. so 246 YEARS of ENSLAVEMENT for a specific population of PEOPLE



actually it was longer than that



1501 to 1505 the PORTUGUESE and SPANISH settlers bring SLAVES from Africa to the Americas Santos Domingo was the NEW WORLDS first international SLAVE PORT



in 1522 there was a Slave revolt in "SAINT " DOMINIQUE a FRENCH colony on the Caribbean island of HISPANIOLA .. but was quickly crushed



in 1562 John Hawkins a Naval commander establishes GREAT BRITAIN as the leader in the Slave trade



In 1619 the SHIP named "DESIRE" a vessel of colonial america slave trade was built in and launched from the port of MASSACHUSETTS . part of its first CARGO were a group of PEQUOT INDIANS . shipped to BERMUDA , in EXCHANGE for salt cotton tobacco and "NEGROES"



In 1641 the Massachusetts body of LIBERTIES the first LEGAL code of Colonist LEGALIZE SLAVERY



Massachusetts becomes the FIRST to legalize it



Mississippi is the LAST to " Officially " abolish it that the state did not RATIFY the 13th amendment for Mississippi until 1995 ( that correct 1995 )



Did African Americans in history " OWN" slaves yes many times had to PURCHASE their own FAMILY members to Keep the family together



in 1662 Virginia LAW decrees CHILDREN shall be BOND or free according to the CONDITION of their MOTHER .



..the law made CHILDREN of a enslaved women a Slave for LIFE



In 1688 the QUAKERS who PETITIONED against slavery .



.. the QUAKERS were also targets and Victims of other sects of " Christians "



In the Mid 1600 the Quakers a new religious sect was founded who beliefs and VALUES went against the conventions of the Church of England



In 1665 two Quakers were EXECUTED in Massachusetts colony having come to america to escape religion persecution but a year earlier the Mass. GENERAL COURT passed a law , banning QUAKERS from the colony under penalty of DEATH .



.. they were hung from an Elm tree



in the mid 18 th century QUAKERS formed the UNDERGROUND RAILROAD...



. as another respondent replies , up there with the Holocaust in 1933 99 % of the German population identified as " CHRISTIAN" and VOTED , Hitler into power , became the German Army and discriminatory population



" NAZI" against many GROUPS of people of other ethnicity targeting JW JEWS GAYS SLAVS ROMANIS FRENCH BELGIUM Mentally and physically disabled People of Color .. and more



. Hitler stated many of his speeches with " MY FELLOW CHRISTIANS " the Nazi reign was from 1933 to 1945 12 YEARS

Answer 26

I think that would be the Holocaust in Christian Nazi Germany.

Answer 27

Dealing with atheists, and wanting to kick the holy living hell out of their rotten brains, and knowing it is not Christ like behavior.

However, it often easier to ask forgiveness than permission

Answer 28

What they believe and there 'holy' book full of murder and atrocities. Also they have a bloody past, native american indians for a start.

Answer 29

The history of the indigenous North, Central, and South American Natives.

Answer 30

The sacrifice of truth, dignity and independent thought in order to control people through fear and intimidation. Oh, and let's not forget sexual assault as a widespread practice.

Answer 31

In my opinion the very worst thing about the Christian faith is that they refused to use physical Force against the wicked people. Jesus Christ himself showed that there is a time to get the whip out and do use some physical Force. if Christians got a little bit more assertive and when they heard somebody mocking God gave him a good punch in the nose. There would be far less people mocking God

Answer 32

They seem to have an innate ability to hide the truth when it comes to admitting child sexual abuse is

rife in many churches, particularly the Roman Catholic church. That is about the most atrocious thing

that I am aware of.

Answer 33

Most can't follow anymore Christ Jesus teachings.

Answer 34

All the atrocities that are known to mankind happened through the Catholic Church which happened before the other denominations came into being. The Christian Churches came through the Lutherans who were the first to break with the Catholic Church.

Answer 35

The fact that we were not the church and let our light shine for the world to really see Christ

Answer 36

I totally agree with Roberta B.

Answer 37

The very fact that Christianity was ever created on the first place.

Answer 38

Peter Gore Seer,

Were The Hell Could You Start, The Atomic Bombs Were Dropped By Christians , The Moon Hoax Was Created By Christians,

Answer 39

Probably, it's set-up. Ups and downs from there.

Answer 40

Idolatry / iconography.

Answer 41

The crusades

Answer 42

Currently every 5 minutes someone somewhere in the world is being martyred because they profess faith in Jesus. Is that what you mean?



Or are you referring to the hypocrites who called themselves Christians and tortured and slaughtered people in the name of their religion?



Jesus gave the world the right to judge us. He said "You will know them by their fruit."

Answer 43

Crucifying Jesus.., can you imagine the weight of His suffering?

Answer 44

Christians do not commit atrocities.



Read your Bible.

Answer 45

Personally I believe the actions of those who call themselves Christian, but don't actually live Christ-like lives is the worst atrocity. All the big things can be expected. The Spanish Inquisition, the Crusades, and the like. But its really the day-to-day lives that are the real tragedy. And it is on a much larger scale than any of the big ones.

Answer 46

The Spanish Inquisition.





https://youtu.be/sAn7baRbhx4

Answer 47

Cover up of the extinction of dinosaurs.

Answer 48

Christianity.

Answer 49

Genocide, as they do on every continent on earth. Christianity IS an atrocity with it's 'join us or die" policy.

So genocide gets my vote here.

Answer 50

The bible, cover to cover.

Answer 51

Lots of atrocities are associated (by some) with the Christian faith.

Some would say: the teachings of Christianity itself.

Some would say: collectively, all of the wars involving even one Christian.

Some would say: colonialism.

Some would say: the Nazi Holocaust.

etc.



In my opinion

the greatest single atrocity that can to a great extent reasonably be associated with Christianity

- an atrocity indisputably undertaken for primarily Christian religious reasons

is the slaughter of the Muslims of Jerusalem in the First Crusade.



However, one can also point to various atrocities that occurred in the Colonial period, particularly some of those "commanded" by certain Spanish religious officials

or to the Spanish Inquisition itself (though one would be hard-pressed, I think, to describe the entirety of the Inquisition as itself a single atrocity).

Answer 52

Christian rock music

Answer 53

Catholic church from its beginning to now

Answer 54

The Vatican. For being aware of yet concealing child abuse for many years.

Answer 55

Oh where to start? The history of Christianity, after it was forced on the Roman Empire, is that of atrocity.



However, the conquest of the Americas takes a lot of beating.

Answer 56

Sexual misconduct.

Answer 57

For Consideration..









The crucifixion

23:33 When they reached the place called The Skull, they crucified him there and the two criminals also, one on the right, the other on the left.

23:34 Jesus said, 'Father, forgive them; they do not know what they are doing'. Then they cast lots to share out his clothing.

23:35 The people stayed there watching him. As for the leaders, they jeered at him. 'He saved others,' they said 'let him save himself if he is the Christ of God, the Chosen One.'

23:36 The soldiers mocked him too, and when they approached to offer vinegar

23:37 they said, 'If you are the king of the Jews, save yourself'.

23:38 Above him there was an inscription: 'This is the King of the Jews'.

Answer 58

The destruction of the Roman Empire.

Answer 59

Teaching young children to live in constant fear of harsh judgement from a vengeful deity with impossible behavioral standards.

Answer 60

According to 'secularists,' that would be holding back the tide of lethal sexual diseases through a vigorous defense of marriage, uniting the world in an unprecedented tribal integration culminating in the original 'university' system dedicated to world peace through economic equality, systematically destroying ALL true aristocracy, 'making the first last and the last first,' holding back the tide of 'drug culture' for centuries, (Greek: 'pharmakeia,' translated 'witchcraft'), securing all deadly weapons from evil hands and interdicting increasingly powerful chemicals and pollutant substances for centuries, preserving a pristine natural environment.



You see, they REALLY wanted to do all of those evil things and its was simply 'atrocious' for them every minute of every day until they finally were 'free from Christians' to do it all, including trapping themselves inside of an inescapable arms race that halted the vision of world peace and brought us the looming threat of weapons of mass destruction.



Now all they have left is Internet parrots and historical revisionists desperate to keep 'public spin' in place long enough to finish the job before the public tide drives them off the face of the earth itself into 'outer darkness,' (Matthew 8:12), and restores Christian brotherhood, peace, higher education and universal economic equality, just as GOD promises will occur.

Answer 61

This article spans centuries and not all atrocities were associated with the Christian faith. If a person is interested in facts and truth then be open to hearing more. This will list some atrocities associated with the Christian faith, but it also goes beyond ....

https://www.str.org/articles/the-real-murderers-atheism-or-christianity#.W3J4CS0ZOMI

Answer 62

Our Lord is a God of Love.

Only our God placed His Son on a Cross to provide redemption, no other god has ever been so compassionate.

Answer 63

It hasn't happened yet.

Answer 64

The signs are all there that towards the end Christians will be hated, persecuted and put to death by those who are of the world. It is unclear how many this will involve but there are already many out there who would appear to be copying the Romans in inventing lies about them to justify such a thing. Never mind the past, it is the future which is the real issue. Now, what was your question? Do you mean committed BY Christians or AGAINST them? FYI genuine Christians do not murder people, they are salt and light unto the community. I am less than interested in the argument that phoney Christians did such and such a thing in the past supposedly in the name of Jesus. What Jesus actually said was "Love thy neighbor as thyself." Do you not therefore see the flaw in the argument of calling Christians murderers?



I think many of us are a bit sick of this 'Hitler was a Christian' allegation.



"My feelings as a Christian points me to my Lord and Savior as a fighter. "?? Adolf Hitler



So there was a 'Christian' who never read the Bible? Isaiah 42: The Servant of the Lord ... “I will put my Spirit on him,and he will bring justice to the nations. 2 He will not shout or cry out,or raise his voice in the streets. 3 A bruised reed he will not break,"



Jesus never fought anyone. He was the exact opposite of a fighter. Not a bruised reed did He break. Do you also not see the flaw in the 'Jesus was a fighter' theory? ........ He wasn't. Any Christian worth their salt could have told you that so that casts serious doubt over whether a mass murderer with a callous disregard for human life could ever be considered such a thing. In fact, Jesus did the exact opposite of killing people .... He brought them back to life or healed them.



We know why many members of the LGBTQ call Christians murderers, criminals, liars, deluded or evil .... It is because they disagree with sexual immorality ... plain and simple and the hatred is mainly Christianophobic round here. Implying that Hitler might have been a Christian is just spiteful and nasty. This was just another sickening murderer who used religion as a smokescreen for their own purposes.

Answer 65

The perversion of the central Christian doctrines by religions who present themselves as Christians, but who reject the deity of Christ, the trinity, Christ's death and resurrection, the virgin birth, etc. That is the atrocity of the perversion of truth. But there are more. When a "Christian" group like some churches who picket funerals and spew hate and judgment come onto the scene, they are the antithesis of what Christianity should be and therefore give true Christians a bad name. And in centuries past Christian groups who murdered those who wouldn't convert were another example. Christianity has come a long way in realizing that atrocities do not win people to faith in Jesus Christ and that God did not condone these actions at all. You will know true Christians for their love for each other and most of all for Jesus Christ as their savior.

Answer 66

Genocide. The inquisition, the cursades, the trail of tears, both world wars, etc...



I think the worst genocide is the Christian missionary work where Christians kill hundreds of people every year.

Answer 67

Besides the Holocaust, the Hundred Years' War and the Thirty Years' war? Oh, and of course, the rape and conquest of the Americas and Oceana and Africa?

Answer 68

Spanish Inquisition.

Crusades.

Answer 69

Probably Fireball, but she's dead now.

Answer 70

Priest on boy sex.

Answer 71

The word "associated" means connected with something and is vague. I have a suspicion that you actually mean something committed by Christians who practice the faith. The "Christian Church" as we know it today, came out of the reformation begun by Martin Luther and fostered denominational Christianity. Prior to the reformation, the only "Christian" denomination was Roman Catholicism. No "atrocities" have been committed by the Christian Church since the reformation en mass as in the Crusades or the Spanish Inquisition. There have been atrocities committed by people claiming to be Christians on a smaller scale. They are rare however and are criminal.

Answer 72

IMMORALITY and the use of illegal drugs in the past has created a society of those who profess Christianity and yet think they can sin and then go to church and be forgiven and do it over and over again but we shall see what happens.



Immorality as well as other factors made the Roman civilization fall.

Answer 73

That era is dead and gone. Now is the era of islamic atrocities (there were many before also). I don't know which is the worst Christian one but the Crusades were several. It think the Children's Crusade was the worst.

Answer 74

Imposters.

Answer 75

many things in the history by catholics and protestants

Answer 76

atheist persecution by xtians

Answer 77

None

The saracens were our enemies

Answer 78

I am Christian but I would say the Spanish Inquisition was a particularly shameful period

Answer 79

People are/can be capable of all kinds of horrible things, Christians, Hindus, Muslims, animists, Jews, atheists, agnostics, Shintos, etc.

It almost seems as if the common thread is not religion or it's lack, but humans themselves.

Answer 80

Believing there is a trinity. This doctrine tries to make out that YHVH is just a person and not GOD ALMIGHTY. that is what satan wants so people will be confused. The consequences of that are songs like "What if god was one of us just a slob like one of us" That is blasphemy and that is what satan wants to discredit Yehovah Elohim, so that man will be confused and believe satans lies. People say God made me do it or told me to do it, that is a lie from satan, he is the one who U are listening to, because U think God is a person. YHVH GOD is the ONE and ONLY GOD and He is a GOD of love not hate. Religion is what kills us and trinity is RELIGION at its best. God in 3 persons blessed trinity is NOT TRUE. YHVH GOD IS NOT A PERSON!! HE IS YEHOVAH ELOHIM ALMIGHTY GOD, THE ONE AND ONLY ONE!!

Answer 81

There is none

Answer 82

Biblical wars.

Crusades.

Dark ages.

Reformation.



Stalin was raised a Catholic and controlled the Russian Orthodox Church – in the top ten of Christian denominations. Lenin was a baptised member of the Russian Orthodox Church - Marx was a lifelong Christian and is buried in Highgate cemetery in London. Russia has always been Christian which is why St Basil’s Cathedral is at the heart of the Kremlin!

Hitler - Hence today I believe that I am acting in accordance with the will of the Almighty Creator: by defending myself against the Jew, I am fighting for the work of the Lord. - Adolf Hitler



My feelings as a Christian points me to my Lord and Savior as a fighter.

- Adolf Hitler



As a Christian I have no duty to allow myself to be cheated, but I have the duty to be a fighter for truth and justice... And if there is anything which could demonstrate that we are acting rightly it is the distress that daily grows. For as a Christian I have also a duty to my own people. - Adolf Hitler



George W Bush started FIVE wars in less than eight years stating each time that it was his "God Given Duty” and in 2001 even called it a Crusade!



Not his duty to the electors!



Not his duty to America!



Just his duty to keep slaughtering heathens for his god!



Look at all the terrible intolerance, hatred, bigotry, homophobia and persecution posted by Christians towards others!

Answer 83

When the romans fed our ancient forefathers to the lions, killed by the gladiators, nailed to the cross and kill them as a sport , hound them like dogs....

Answer 84

Well as an ex Christian(though not an atheist) I can say it's probably the fact that they condemn anyone who isn't part of their religion.

Answer 85

Every religion and every non religions have committed unspeakable atrocities over the centuries. No one is free from committing atrocities against other humans, animals, or the environment.

Answer 86

Christians telling their young children that they will go to hell if they don't behave

Answer 87

The very existence of it.



It exists to exert power and control, and amass wealth.

ALL OF ITS FOLLOWERS, 100% OF THEM, refuse, every day, to live by christ's NT teachings.

So, the cult is 100% fraud, 100% hypocrisy...



It has killed/mass-murdered MILLIONS upon MILLIONS all through history, in the name of its god.

It has, in fact, killed/mass murdered more people than any other identifiable group on earth.



It's a goddam waste.