I think in those matter, Peter K., you really must seperate the teachings and actions of the founder of ANY religion from the teachings and actions of those of the church that came after. I hardly think that Yeshua of Nazareth, for example, would have approved of Pope Alexander VI or John XXII or the work of Torquemada -- or that of Mary, Queen of Scots, Henry VIII, John Wesley, or any of a number of others.

As a friend of mine once said about his Catholicism, "I don't mix up my church interfer with my religion."