Bigoted Christians aren't a straw-man, and for you to think so must require some seriously rose-tinted glasses.
The fact that homosexuality (to carry on from the grandparent comment) was so recently a punishable offense even in the US, let alone the rest of the world, should be pretty airtight evidence against that being a straw-man.
Yes they are. The corruption of a religious institution has as little to do with the ethical and moral underpinnings of its religion as gun-toting Confederate-flag-flying rednecks have to do with the Second Amendment.
You're parroting a textbook example of the "No True Scotsman" fallacy. Maybe "real Christianity" is as you describe, but the majority of practicing Christians in the real world are just as bigoted and awful as the majority of everybody else.
> You're parroting a textbook example of the "No True Scotsman" fallacy
I'm actually not, as I never engaged you in a discussion about "real Christianity." In fact, I actively avoided it.
I just gave you an analogy. This discussion isn't about applied Christianity in the every-day world but about the ethical and moral backbone of Christianity. Do you understand why and how they are different things?
The fact that homosexuality (to carry on from the grandparent comment) was so recently a punishable offense even in the US, let alone the rest of the world, should be pretty airtight evidence against that being a straw-man.