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Originally Posted by KeepingItReal
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Matthew 28:19
Go ye therefore, and teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost....
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I wonder if this was the basis for the Crusades, mostly against the Moslems, the cry for one of which was "Kill them all; God will know His own!" And kill they did!
However, among the Crusades was the Albigensian Crusade, involving the killing of Christians: men, women, and children as well. These were the Cathars, who sought a return to the true principles of Christianity: "perfection, poverty, and preaching."
Albigensian Crusade - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
I'm inclined to agree with those posters who differentiate between the loving acceptance of all by Jesus—and a Church with a historic violent approach to dealing with other human beings who don't follow "the party line."
I guess gays and lesbians are among those who don't follow that "party line" in the eyes of the Church and its adherents....
And still, given all the quotes of chapters and verses, no one is able—or willing—to say WHICH Bible is the "True Word of God" ... and thus which Bibles are not....