"Christian"

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35. Are you surprised?

Christianity consists of religious sects that have split up based on policy and belief since almost immediately after Christ died (if you even believe that he existed). The Early Church was split up between the regional synods with their bishops often battling each other at Councils, literally battling (like with weapons). The Eastern Church split from the Roman Catholic Church. The Protestant Churches (Lutheran & Anglican) split from the Roman Catholic Church, then started splitting off from each other to the point where there are several dozen main line Protestant Churches and thousands of offshoots and other non-denominational assemblies. Not to mention the Mormons and other churches like Jeohova's Witnesses that formed in the US that claim to be Christian but have been seen as "fringe".

The Bible, which has dozens of "editions" and revisions, and translations where some have certain books and others have different ones, all of which are claimed to be "the one true book", are easily interpreted to support whatever you want it to, like slavery, like war, like anti-abortion even though the only thing the Bible mentions about abortion is how to effectively give an abortion to your slave girl.

Point is, that "Christian" can mean anything people want it to mean and has been used to justify cruelty since its early foundations.

There certainly are people who are Christian, who follow certain tenets, like the Franciscan (St. Francis of Assisi) focus on social justice. There are people like the Quakers who were all about brotherhood and sisterhood (instrumental in the abolitionist movement). There are people out there who really try to be an ambassador for Christianity by trying to love their enemy and provide for "the least among us", but like I said, a lot of people use any and every religion to justify being an asshole.