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Oh the individuals may be pious, may be honourable and true to their faith. But the Church itself? Do not insult people by claiming it too held these beliefs. I would posit that this "conversion" scheme, this mass whoring of the Christian faith was not an act of benevolence but an act of power acquisition. The first true attempt at a "Global" faith, a method of ensuring power against it's competitors of Islam and various localised faiths within these far flung regions. A goal in which it found success what with the promises of technology and free infrastructure. Long term however we may note something of import around these events, that being the failure to fully civilise these people to much of a degree. It failed to truly lift up their lives within spiritual realms beyond a modicum of succor but it did provide influence however. It did provide tithes. It did connect people globally even if done through vaunted means. Thusly what did Christianity as a whole do with this influence, did it work towards a grand scheme upon which humanity could grow, did it grant peace to it's followers? No. It betrayed them. It used them and allowed itself to be used by others. It schemed, it grew fat with riches and power. It fought within itself, who being right or wrong not decided by it's own scriptures or spiritual ideals but whoever had the most influence and the most gold to attain dominance. Such "nobility". Thusly was "global" Christianity born. Thusly was the hegemony created and did Christianity fall wholesale into it's unending fall of irrelevance. The shackles upon the wrists of Europeans was now firmly placed, the *need* to spread the "good word" to all those who would listen inevitably linking us to those not of our kin with the requirement of feeding, clothing, bringing them to "the light" while filling pockets and diluting it's own message even more so in order to shoehorn it among the alien peoples. With this power it did nought but bring the European peoples troubles but it did not matter for the Church for it had it's own interests at heart, those not being those of the people it claimed to preach to. No, I shall not claim the simple followers of the faith responsible nor shall I claim there was not good Men among these masses. But I shall lay at the feet of any who would claim Christianity can offer salvation a call for answering to *how* it can still offer hope for our people. It has proven corruptible, dangerous, even before the events of the Second Vatican Council.