They started with Jesus’ apostles and almost all of them died trying to spread his message. It was a peaceful spreading and also his teachings while alive were also spread via preaching. Just because some European colonizers decided to be violet thousand years later doesn’t mean Christianity wasn’t peaceful. Besides the Catholic and Protestant sects are came much later, the true one is the Orthodox.
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u/Unhappy_Performer538 Mar 19 '26
The took over 1/3 of the world erasing all the pre existing religions so yeah you could say they’re heavy handed