I wasn't saying our past isn't illuminated by misdeeds.  The point I was trying to make is that our religion "teaches to love one another as you love yourself", whereas Islam teaches that "infidels are worthy only of death".  And since I am a  Christian, I am an infidel, and I DONT believe I am worthy only of death because I'm not the right kind of Muslim!!!  For crying outloud, thanks to the Sunni= Shiite rift, each thinks the other infidel, worthy only of death! You CANT win with them. The other point I'm trying to make is what is REALLY important is not the past where mistakes were made, but the here and now and a need to be realistic and protect ourselves from religious fundamentalists. That condemn us to death.  : (