From what I understand how Christians see it is that Christianity is pacifist unless you are a non-Christian because then you don't have any morals so anything goes and you deserve a sword until you accept Jesus. Sword is not bad for "them" because that is the only language they know since every other religion is devil worship so Christians killing them is a blessing because they would kill and rape each-other anyway, but much worse than Christians would do to them.
But, then, if you're a Christian you may deserve a sword if you follow bad Christianity which tainted Jesus' message with the one from the devil and you're doing harm and you need to be stopped.
But, then, if you're a Christian you may deserve a sword if you follow bad Christianity which tainted Jesus' message with the one from the devil and you're doing harm and you need to be stopped.
teachings of the Bible are so muddled and self-contradictory that it was possible for Christians to happily burn heretics alive for five long centuries. It was even possible for the most venerated patriarchs of the Church, like St. Augustine and St. Thomas Aquinas, to conclude that heretics should be tortured (Augustine) or killed outright (Aquinas). Martin Luther and John Calvin advocated the wholesale murder of heretics, apostates, Jews, and witches. - Sam Harris, "Letter To A Christian Nation"
