His version of history is a bit off,  quit a bit off.

                Charlemagne's era was the first breath of the renaisance; AFTER the dark ages.  He did extend christianity into pagen areas at the point of a sword, but his expansions were based far more on power and politics then on religion. He buildt schools and championed education  and he was known to regret that the only teachers he could get were monks and priests. Secular theachers increased after his time.

                 As for non-real whites, he's a bigot. The Romans used non-Romans in their military and civil service for centurys before christianity but not enough to upend the caucasion make  up in Europe. Later non-christian Huns and Turks invaded Europe, that changed the ethnic make-up in certain parts of Europe but certainly not all. The pre christian  symbols of paganisim are still with us think of Halloween, christmas AND easter,  damn little of those festive times are christian, christians simply tacked on their myths to existing traditions.

               Does any of this help?

      Jim

Thoughts my brethren?

Skip the damned labels for starters. We are no different than any other species. We group together to gain resources and power. Most of the time our species wont care how we get on top and will only protect our own, and will do anything to maintain that power.

Labels are the superficial distraction away from our species behavior. Nothing before Christianity was different and nothing after it's invention was different. The only advancements in a better world were by people who recognized this.

Once the oppressed become the oppressor. Power over time shifts and that has never changed.

An unfortunate side affect of human evolution is that placebos when seeking patterns ends up filling in the gaps and religion is the political version of gap filling. Modern monotheism is merely the newest stripe in human history. Just as things change in the past they will change in the future. What will remain relatively predictable is human behavior beyond labels.

I warn people not to cling to focusing your rightful anger at a specific label, but at ALL absurd claims. Humans will, as they have in the past, in polytheism and monotheism, and will so in the future, always have the capability of dreaming up bullshit and marketing it as fact.

If a father is abusive to a kid, chances are he was abused himself. Chances are that the kid will grow up to be abusive himself. So simply defaulting to locking them up, or beating them up, does nothing to solve the problem of the social environment that leads to the abuse.

The martyrdom complex is how Hebrews proclaimed themselves to be the chosen people, "Look at us, others persecute us, god is with us and we have a right to defend ourselves". Then Christians spun off of that and created their own persecuted hero in Jesus" Then the Muslims, who to a wide degree today in the east proclaim the same "poor me" crap. Hitler used God in the same "poor me" "Germans are the chosen people and God will save us".

But again, the labels are artificial human constructs, which allows humans to be distracted away from the real issue of human psychology and environment, which is where the problems will be solved. They wont be solved by blaming a label.

Humans are no different than any other species in that they will employ a fight or flight tactic to survive and will, without some sort of secular civil check on their political party or religion, will dominate and abuse. North Korea is an example of abuse of power. Iran is an example of abuse of power. And the richest 2% in America is an example of abuse of power (Big banks, pharma companies, car companies, housing companies, insurance companies,  credit cards).

Nothing can stop all 6 billion of us, and growing, from believing absurd things. And those absurd beliefs will change over time. Some will morph into newer versions and some will die out.

So while you rightfully condemn violence, remember that Christianity isn't the only religion in the world. All humans without some sort of check on power can be violent and/or exploitative.

Absolute power in political and/or religious domination of the state and/or Church is what can lead to horrors. Labels have nothing to do with what can happen without checks and balances.

So do ridicule the violence and hypocrisy of Christianity, but also Islam, and North Korea but remember that this is because of human psychology and evolution, not labels.

I'd say that sums up about 99% of my feelings about Christianity.

Well yes I agree . The institution and the ideals of Christianity is what I was referring to. For instance, I wouldn't automatically hate someone who identifies themselves as a Christian for that reason alone. I am pretty much an equal opportunity dude when it comes to religions, I dislike all of them equally.

If there is any real wish that I have for Christian people, it is a desire to educate or enlighten them. Now granted, my temper gets in the way sometimes and my patience runs short. But if someone were to ask me what my true feelings towards religion were, I would like to see religion fade because people see through the nonsense. Rather than try to stamp them out.