We want to make very clear that we are certainly not opposed to all Christian people. There are many fine Christian people today. However, certain aspects of Christian theology have had disastrous effects on world history, and this is why they are listed. We are not going to debate whether many of the more troubling Bible verses are or are not "symbolic" rather than direct. However, in the real world of history, these ideas have not only been taken as direct truth by the Christian church but have been enshrined as law as result of the political power of the church. In particular, the largest campaign of religious persecution in world history came from Biblical theology became law in 395 and remained in force until the eighteenth century.