Of course you are! I'm not disagreeing with you at all.
I know, I know. q_q though thought that it was wrong for me to speak for Christianity though. I needed to say this for the sake of clearing the historical record and, more importantly, to rebut Ralph.
Everybody--Christianity is really not quite as diverse as the figures would make it out to be--the vast majority of the 34,000 sects of it differ over doctrinal variants that are really quite minor and would never, ever say that they alone are the true Christians. Catholics believe that they are the one true church, but do not believe that non-Catholic Christians are phony or going to hell (at least not most of them). All of the other mainstream denominations* (Baptists, Lutherans, Pentecostals, Anglicans, Presbyterians, Friends, etc.)
never once profess to be the only true church.
The sects that exclusively claim that they only are the real believers and all other Christians are going to hell (i.e. Mormons, JWs, etc.) are considered to be cults of Christianity and
not real Christians.
Believe it or not, one cannot just believe whatever one wants and call themselves a Christian. The Biblical criteria that is laid out in the N.T. is quite clear:
1: Believe that Jesus Christ is G-d (not an offshoot of G-d, or a separate deity)
2: Understand that the true G-d is the G-d of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob
3: Undergo a complete and radical change of heart, personal conviction of sin, and repent fully and permanently
4: Abide by the Scriptures of both Testaments
This is how I can say who is a Christian and who isn't. The vast majority of medieval Christians
did not live by both Testaments (being illiterate, they couldn't even read a Bible),
did not have an abiding faith in the G-d of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, and
certainly did not undergo a radical, personal conversion process. Without "fruits of the Spirit" (an important Christian phrase meaning evidence of a changed life, and obedience to the Scriptures), I can very confidently say that the beasts who committed pogroms were pagans with a new name.
*Note--I acknowledge that today many members of these denominations are leftist frauds.