The fact that so many here are quick to make derogatory statements about Christianity that they would never make about any other religion (despite many of them being more homophobic) speaks volumes. It shows that it is ‘yours’ to criticise. In a way, this is good.
No priest has ever abused a child in the name of Christianity. Abuse in public schools is 100x more likely to happen than abuse by priests or nuns. Unfortunately predators always gravitate to positions of power and unrestricted access to children. The Church is also full of sinners.
But to judge all Christians by the deeds of few means you must also be prepared to judge all other religions by the deeds of few black sheep.
Yes, I stand by my assertions about equality and fairness being Christian ideas. Not sure how much you know about the Bible but there is a lot more to Christianity than the Sunday mass.
As to misogyny, no other region has elevated a mortal woman to the status of deity for giving birth (Catholicism). It’s Western Protestants that ended the ritual burning of wives when their husbands died in far away lands. It’s also them who abolished slavery at a great cost to themselves when it was rampant (and still is) everywhere else. Because every human has been created in God’s image.
Plus, centuries ago everyone was a misogynist, not only Christians. Now where else in the world have women’s rights advanced as much as in the Christian West.
‘Today, even as belief in God fades across the West, the countries that were once collectively known as Christendom continue to bear the stamp of the two-millennia-old revolution that Christianity represents. It is the principal reason why, by and large, most of us who live in post-Christian societies still take for granted that it is nobler to suffer than to inflict suffering. It is why we generally assume that every human life is of equal value. In my morals and ethics, I have learned to accept that I am not Greek or Roman at all, but thoroughly and proudly Christian.’
Tom Holland