The christian religian in no way shape or form allows for murder or wars.
Its power hungrey people high up in the church that has mass slaughtered people over the last couple thousand years.
YES thousands were murdered by the church.
But it was because of the church and its leaders not because of the religian.
Hundreds of christians are murdered every year by other's mostly in the middle east though.
Hundreds of pagan are murdered each year still mostly by christians who dont know any better.
The bible the teaching , the religian dosnt mean a darn thing if it cant be taught to the children correctly.
Taught incorrectly it becomes a weapon of power and hatred but in its true form it can be a guild to a peacefull and loveing planet.
The same goes for the wiccan teaching and most other relgians.
The catholic church was at fault for the child molestation..not the religian.
The church covered it up as surly as the less published christian pastors who molested children.
The churches covered it up but the religian did not have anything to do with it.
As to Mary, the current Pope has elevated her to be equal with Jesus Christ. Here is just one Internet site that will confirm my statement: MARY COREDEMPTRIX PAGE. The concept of prayers offered to Mary and saints is not found in Scripture where we are told all prayer is to be offered only to the Godhead. So the Catholic church has promoted heresy for centuries and to ignore this is to ignore the truth.
Catholism and paganism are so closely intermixed that its nearly impossible to seperate.
Thats a well known fact from throughout history.
The church in its attempt to convert pagans adopted many of thier rituals and figures ..in fact more than a few saits were pagan in belifes.
This dosnt make the cathoilic church bad or wrong in any way at least no more so than the christian church which has also adopted many of the rituals.
The differance is the catholic church takes it further and more openly.
Its a old relgian and as old religians go over time they change slowly yes but they changed.