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Let me demonstrate the difficulty:
You can't talk about history without talking about religion- a lot. Sorry. If you mention it, you have to talk about its effect on society (this doesn't have to do with a supreme being- I reject your analysis).
Now, you can talk about it in a positive way or a negative way. You can mention the hospitals, universities, the increase in dignity for slaves and women (who were nothing in pagan Europe), the preservation of antiquity, "peace of God," etc. or you can talk about the Crusades (which are much more complicated, as I've mentioned).
You can say that saying positive things about the effects of Christianity is "promoting" it, but then why isn't saying negative things attacking it, which is also bad, no?
Now, to return to a previous theme. Islam and other religions are treated more respectfully by liberals because those are seen as the oppressed religions in the West and the left in the West has a long history of antagonism towards Christianity, which stands in the way of many of its dreams. Isn't really as simple as that?
Left histories treat Aztec religion more respectfully than Christianity. In my kids school, Aztec dancers were much more frequent than anything remotely Christian even though most parents were Christians. Weird, huh?
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