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Professing Christians have done bad Things

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A search of history, or even personal memories, will reveal that there are people who claim to be Christians who act in an unchristlike manner. That is, they "talk the talk" but may not "walk the walk".

Some unbelievers say that churches are full of hypocrites. (So are grocery stores.) Well, it has been said that churches are hospitals for sinners, not museums for saints. Although all of us who profess to follow Jesus display failings, we are human, after all. This does not negate the truth of Christianity in the least.

Inquisition Scene / Francisco Goya (1819)
It is a fact that atheists lie. A lot. Some have falsely claimed that "religion" is the cause of most wars. Other things in history they bring up include the Crusades, the Salem Witch Trials, the Spanish Inquisition —

"I didn't expect the —"

Stop that. Indeed, when atheists bring such things up, they tend to misrepresent the numbers of deaths more often than not.

Centuries ago, the Roman Catholic Church held the power in much of Europe, so it would not be surprising that resourceful unbelievers would "talk the talk" for personal power. Consider that atrocities committed by religiously-minded people are not in keeping with the teachings and authority of Scripture. However, the atrocities and mass murders committed by anti-Christ despots are legitimately numbered in the millions. While none are on record as saying, "I am killing in the name of atheism," their actions are in keeping with atheistic, evolutionary thinking.
. . . Christianity has been the most powerful force for good in history.

This includes motivating charity, education, abolition of slavery, and science. The evidence is so strong that even some high-profile atheists have conceded that biblical Christianity drove the Salvation Army’s charity and one even proclaimed, “As an atheist, I truly believe Africa needs God.” Similarly, T.H. Huxley (1825–1895), the famous agnostic known as ‘Darwin’s Bulldog’, advocated teaching the Bible to children for its great morality, and insisted on this for his own children.

Professing Christians who committed atrocities were acting inconsistently with the teachings of Christianity. Conversely, evolutionists who committed atrocities were acting consistently with evolution.

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