StarChild: And you've only skimmed this thread. I tried to defend myself, but you people just want to attack, don't you?

I don't want to argue about whether or not the Crusades were a universally good thing, it certainly is the cause of a lot of bad press. But, generally, I'll say that Christianity doesn't save you from Hell so much as Jesus does. But this thread seemed to cover religions as a whole and since Jesus isn't really a big player on the scene of, say, Hinduism, I decided to stick with blunt Christianity.

Now. Yes, Christianity teaches mercy. We are supposed to love everybody.
But I've never heard of it teaching tolerance. The premise of the religion is that sin can only be forgiven, but never tolerated. If sinful humans could be tolerated in heaven, then the whole crucifixion thing wouldn't be necessary.
So, we forgive those who wrong us, and we're lucky to have the ability to do so, but we believe that wrongs must be paid for. Restitution is necessary on Earth, since nobody is perfect.

But that's irrelevant to the overall point. I don't know what you want me to say, lest I repeat myself.