And it wasn't 'tens of thousands'.
Denial.
Crusaders did kill people, though not hundreds of thousands
Denial. What are your alternative numbers? Sources? Evidence? You are going against mainstream history here so please provide your alternative sources on this. I was just mentioning the
hundreds of thousands of CHRISTIANS killed and
you are denying they even killed any hundreds of thousands of PEOPLE! You do realize the secular figures on the death tolls of just the Crusades against Islam are in the millions right? Just a quick google search will show you most figures are in the 1 to 3 million range, Washington Post for example says 1.7 million killed.
while the Crusades were preached by the Church, the Church didn't kill anyone.
Yet more denial. By that logic, Mao, Stalin, Hitler, Robespierre, etc. never killed anyone, they just "preached" killings that their followers enacted.
Regarding the Papal States, the Popes didn't kill anyone. Perhaps the secular government of said States did.
Denial ain't just a river in Egypt! Wow! It was NOT a secular government. It was a theocracy ruled by the Pope as both spiritual AND secular ruler. Hence "Papal States".
As an American, should I declare that 'you' are responsible for the deaths of those who were killed in America's wars?
I am not saying modern CATHOLICS are responsible, I'm saying the VATICAN and CATHOLIC CHURCH is responsible. Just as there were good Bolsheviks and good Wehrmacht, not all individuals in that system are to blame, but you can't claim Communism never killed anyone for example, which is your logic, that your ideology is blameless because there were people/followers pulling the trigger and not an abstract idea pulling the trigger.
It's amazing how you think denying everything is a valid way of arguing. I suppose it is convenient for you, if you just deny everything, in your head you never lose an argument!
See, you don't understand that killing a heretic means that he fries in hell
Who are you to judge heretics? All heretics "fry in hell" because they are not Catholic? Wow. You do realize it is blasphemy for any human to claim to be the arbiter of who gets into Heaven or Hell (as many Popes do). ONLY GOD has the power of forgiveness, not the Pope. Only GOD has the power to judge where souls go. Newsflash: many people of all denominations are going to Hell, and many in denominations you don't approve of are going to Heaven. You can't just wave your denomination at the Gates of Heaven like a "get out of hell free" card. That's not how it works.
means a lost soul for the Church. The Church's mission is to SAVE souls, not to destroy them.
Ideally, sure. But your Church is ruled by a man. And men are fallen sinners. You are in denial of their sins. Of past Popes' cravings for power, wealth, and prestige. Of their wars and crusades that killed millions. Or of the Yellow Cross they forced Cathars to wear, and Yellow Badge they forced Jews to wear (sound familiar?).
Their mission is to convert heretics, but when said heretics refuse, then it became a matter for the state to deal with. Also, by the way, we didn't do witch hunts. That was a Protestant thing, for the most part.
Again denial doesn't make your position true. Trying to put witch hunts on Protestants, now that is HILARIOUS. Yes, there were the Salem Witch Trials, if that's what you mean. Protestants were the ones who ENDED the practice of burning witches and inquisitions that had plagued Europe for a thousand years. Very few witches were ever tried by Protestant nations because we didn't have oppressive Church hierarchies, inquisitions, bishop-run tribunals to judge "heretics", etc.
The lowest number I've seen (FROM A CATHOLIC HISTORIAN) is that roughly 40,000 witches were killed. The highest number out there is 9 million+ witches killed (although he includes Orthodox areas, etc.). The most credible numbers of witches killed by Catholics usually range from 100,000 to 500,000. At Stedinger alone over 20,000 accused witches were killed in a short time frame so the 40,000 number is very easily discredited.
But let's even go with that number, the most pro-Catholic number of 40,000. You still deny your own religion's historians here.
Then please give your answer, not just blatant denials of any criticism. Deny, deny, deny. You're not running for political office, don't worry this is a safe space, you don't have to deny everything.