And yet you are the one coming up with the strawman arguments...
Your argument about Christians killing non-believers was particularly weak.
Who has killed more people in the course of history? Christianity or governments (especially Godless 'isms...)?
Let's look back over the last 100 years and look at the genocides committed by not the Church but rather various governments committing them not in the name of Christ...
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- The twentieth century has been regarded by many scholars as 'the century of genocide', in which state-sponsored mass murder of civilians in the First and Second World Wars set a pattern that was to be repeated many times across the world in the fifty years that followed.
Don't forget anti-smokong and anti-gay while you're at it...
Have you been on both sides of the debate? I have. For the first 27 years of my life I was anything but a Christian. In hindsight I was lucky to have survived. Several of my running buddies didn't, some with violent ends. The Christian life isn't easy but it is rewarding, much more so than the alternative. One way brings life, one way brings death. I want others to experience the same change that have.
Are there bullies in Christianity? Absolutely. There are bullies in all areas of life. I've never liked bullies. I have stood up to bullies picking on gays and would again today. However I don't condone or support their political movement.