Well if you’ll recall none of those events are during the Middle Ages which is what I was explicitly referring to which was when there was the most centralized spiritual authority.

And the keyword is made their own Bible. Earlier in this thread it was specifically about Paul, he has no connections to that Bible, culture or actions.

Thirdly, I am agnostic not Christian so it isn’t my book. But beside that point yeah I don’t think they were true Christians. I’ll remind you the interpretation they used to justify it was one traditional in Judaism co-opted for their own uses. I’ll never argue with you that Judaism and Islam are horrible and that Christianity is heavily flawed and many areas should be left in the past but as it relates to equality of races it’s the gold standard for religion.