What About Notorious Blemishes in Christian History? Pt 1

After the three previous episodes, focussing on the positive impact of Christianity, we now turn to the obvious question of "What about the Blemishes in Christian History?" Do they justify the conclusion that Christianity is harmful for human flourishing?

In this episode we discuss four responses that will apply to each example of negative behaviour:

1) Yes it happened

2) Descriptions and numbers have been exaggerated

3) There are mitigating circumstances which even though they do not justify the bad behaviour, do help us to walk in the shoes of those who acted this way.

4) Most importantly, these bad behaviours are not the fruit or the result of the teachings of Jesus and the Apostles.

We then discuss the first example of bad behaviour - The Use of Force in Spreading Christianity