I have to appologize for that, but I am really only >familiar with what I
have seen of Christians in my own country and with what >happened here in
North America.  Christians in Japanese history are known >to have killed,
murdered, and stole in the name of their God, without >any reason given but
that their God is the only one.  Many texts, histories, >and other
artifacts of cultural significance were lost because of >the Christians,
both in Asia and in Europe and the rest of the world.

Unfortunately, and I am ashamed to be part of a society >based in part of
it, the Christian Missionaries from times past destroyed >much of history,
and anything else that wasn't 'just in the eye of God'.  >To take an
extreme example, that of the Klu Klux Klan, their goal is >the destruction
of non-whites.  They justify this by declaring that only >'whites' are true
descendants of God.  (Thankfully the KKK appears to have >been limited to
North America)

	No, hatred and blind faith in the supremacy of their own group can be 
found everywhere in the world.  The reason you can spot so many examples in 
North America is because the U.S. is a nation with extreme ethnic diversity.  In 
Japan for instance, Korean imigrants are still considered Korean even if their 
families have lived in Japan for three generations.  However no one talks about 
it because the're not a lot of Koreans in Japan.  Which means that they don't 
threaten the other groups with their existance. or anything.  I'm not trying to 
justify anything the Christian Missionaries did, but I am saying that Modern 
society is unique in it's condemnation of them.

In Europe, women
were killed because they healled people.  One of the >doctrines that was
litterally put to us by crusifying people was that women >had no place in
healing or in political life.  If they did so, then they >are against the
Christian God and should die by any means at hand.

A terrible injustice, dating back to the middle ages and >beyond, which
should have been removed in the 1700s.  Records of the >ancient greeks and
romans indicate that women shared a far greater part in >society than
so-called 'modern' times (up until mid 1980s, when the >'feminist
revolution became popular among the baby boomers, and I >don't mean Genom).

	In the beginings of Christianity women had a significant role.  Mass was 
created because the men who led the faith felt threatened by the fact that they 
had to share responsibility in preapring the celebration of the last supper with 
the women.

I hereby appologize to the Christians on this list for >my inappropriate
comments.

Your comments are NOT inappropriate.  They are truthful, >accurate and are
your view on life.  If anyone feels outraged at your (or >mine) comments,
they can go jump in the proverbial cesspit.

"The beginings of wisdom is the ability to always ask >questions."

Being 'complete' is the ability to be unashamed of your >own opinions.