Folks who think the Church is evil violent and oppressive have aparently never understood what happens under militant athiesm ( communism ) or the ancient pagan societies.
We are going down that path, and fast.
The people that run things in the Church are not perfect, however, the Church itself is! What it stands for is! To dismiss what is ultimately good because there have been some things that are negative is just wrong.
To choose not to believe is our choice. But if you choose not to believe, why attack the rest of us? Just leave us be. If you believe that the Curch is false, than why bother to take it down? If that was the case, than the Church will fall on it’s own. The fact that the Church has been around for thousands of years speaks volumes!