You were just calling them that! By the way, they also punished the heretical natives, and even then, only the Crusades remain on the conscience of the church, in which greedy Knights participated for the most part.
By the way, there are far fewer Satanists than Christians.
Well, someone has to do it.... You say to find God within yourself? I wonder how you would do that if you didn't suspect that He exists... There are only 2 options: either God would tell you about Himself (hello, kind doctor and orderly Vasya), or you would come up with some kind of force, like a house spirit:D
Religion is a tool for manipulating the masses. It is used by those who crave power, and the church itself tramples on all of Christ's commandments (although many of them are at least debatable). Therefore, you shouldn't say that Christianity is good.
Fewer people died during the Crusades, at least because there were fewer people on the planet at that time....
As far as I know, you can calmly approach the priest of your parish so that he can release a person from fasting (if there is a reason for this, such as age, illnesses, etc.)
If so many diseases come from abstinence, it's strange that priests seem to be more than normal (not all, of course, but not all ordinary people are normal either;))
2. Are you sure that all priests adhere to abstinence? ;)
3. And priests don't seem normal to me either. I can't stand looking at our Orthodox priests, from the Patriarch to ordinary ones. Emptiness in their eyes, a dull gaze, an indistinct, dreary speech... br-r-r... :(
And everything would be fine, but I haven't read the Bible much:D :D
So it would be better if you read it ;) I'm saying that you are using stereotypes that are widely used in church propaganda. ;)
