The Serpent's Wisdom

Yes, exactly. It was a "We're not them because we believe 'fooo', which they don't believe" thing, not a primer. It's not meant to tell people what the main focus of Christianity was/is. I don't dispute that there are likely churches and possibly entire denominations that use it as such, or that doing so was/is wrong, but that honestly does not mean that the whole emphasis of Christianity as a whole is focused too much on negativity and not at all on compassion.