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Why has Christianity been so murderously totalitarian?

As a movement, Christianity has never tolerated dissent, whether internally - from heretics or schismatics - or externally - from Pagans or Jews. Christianity historically provided some protections for Jews, but these were limited and violated many times over the centuries. Pagans, however, were never tolerated except when it seemed possible to convert them. The pagan cultures of Europe were exterminated in a 1,000-year genocidal campaign, which killed or enslaved those who resisted conversion. In the 15th century, Christians brought this history along when they came into contact with American Indians and Africans. In the 20th century, European Christians attempted to wipe out the last major groups of non-Christians - Jews, freethinkers and communists. My book attempts to explain why and how Christians did this.