sky, you raise a good question, but it is human nature to stereotype people due to religon or , race, this is a sad fact of life

example: here in the south where I live in Southeastern Nc, I notice on an almost daily bases that hispanics are looked down on by blacks & whites, of course not by "all" but as a large majority(in my opinion) it is a sad truth that I see daily, I happen to be part black,hispanic, indian and white, though I look just white ..... I have had in the past, had a few confrontations with people (friends) who did not realize I had hispanic family and friends , when I confronted them with the fact that I am not a racist after listening to their discrimintory comments mostly about hispanics, alot of whom claimed to be christains

so yes, it is not the group of people who preform the acts but individuals, but when they are representing themselfs as christian ,jew,muslim or african it does reflect negatively on the group as a whole to the average mind, though in reality not all in the groups may agree with their acts

I am not targeting christains for these acts , but God.... if he inspired the scriptures(which I think men did on their own, not God) that imply we should "KILL" witches, and King James as a individual for setting a poor example