1) This is false. The most accurate description is the one that includes the full extent of Christianity's history and will observe the nuances even in such historical events as the Crusades. It will also distinguish, albeit cautiously, between what was in fact religiously motivated verses what was used to religiously justify—but it will not, as you seem to be trying to accuse me, lump all cases of the former with cases of the latter.
2) That illustration is moot if the church consists in the priesthood of believers, and not assumed church hierarchies. There have always been saints who have lived lives of love and compassion in Christianity. Your understanding of 'overcome' also seems more political or at least more outward than I believe Jesus intended. But, just to complicate things, and as a counterpoint to Jesus' remark concerning the church, there's a significant verse Kierkegaard would often quote: "'when the Son of Man comes, will he find faith on the earth?'"
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Date: 11/3/12 20:27 (UTC)2) That illustration is moot if the church consists in the priesthood of believers, and not assumed church hierarchies. There have always been saints who have lived lives of love and compassion in Christianity. Your understanding of 'overcome' also seems more political or at least more outward than I believe Jesus intended. But, just to complicate things, and as a counterpoint to Jesus' remark concerning the church, there's a significant verse Kierkegaard would often quote: "'when the Son of Man comes, will he find faith on the earth?'"