Why did the Christians in Europe once burn thousands of Women, Children and Babies alive?

Answer 1

For power. They wanted control of their land. History is filled with massacres all for control of the land.

Answer 2

Don't complicate things, Cloe. Realise that religion is just a man made concept devised to control the masses with dodgy rituals and a promises which insist you live life for the afterlife and not this one on Earth.
It is just another "tribe" so don't be surprised by the tribalism. Listen to the answers so far. The funniest one being, 'the past is the past, deal with the present'. What a joke. Look at any 'intelligent' religious person and all they can rely on is so called faith. Where can you get away with saying something is real just because you believe it. Rubbish.
We don't pay much respect to mediaeval thinkers much less those from the Iron Age. People thought the Earth was flat and the universe revolved around the Earth not too long ago and the Church would burn you alive if you disagreed. Savage.
The Bible was written before those times and you want me to take it seriously.
Morality is separate from religion but it is encorporated into it but they can be mutually exclusive (and are for the most part)
Go to a convent school, look at some of the abusing priests, religious fanaticism and so on and discover how these people treat others. Have you ever been beaten by a nun to learn your times table? Many have as well as being sodomised by priests or shot by zealots. It's all in religion. God bless

Answer 3

Oh!! the Inquisition. You must be talking about the Roman Catholic Church. Have you ever heard the expression power corrupts and will not tolerate any competion. At one point in history, the Roman Catholic Church was a very powerful institution. In that it excercised tremendous temporal or political power. The head of this church is of course the Popes and Vatican city. The fact that this institution gave us the horror known as the inquisition is one of the reasons some don't label it Christian.
There is no doubt that the inquisition was one of the biggest evils of all time. Now the question is wheather it was started by Christians or not. Many detractors of Christianity will immediately point out to this to debunk Christianity. Now let me ask you a question. When you read the bible do you see , Jesus the apostles or any other believers, killing or burning someone. Do you see any Christian commiting violence against someone else. Read the new testament and tell me if you do. Now fast forward in history to the inquistionary times and ask yourself is the spirit of Jesus alive in these people who are burning folk. Can these people possibly be Christian now you tell me. Now people who were actually Christian were burned alive by the inquisitors. It's interesting to see that people who were burned alive for the cause of Christ. That same cause that they died for is being used against Christianity via the inquisitors, Torquemada, and the Vatican. Next thing you know, it was the Christians who threw other christians in the Roman arena to be eaten by the lions. Come on folk there is a difference between Chirsitianity and the Roman Catholic Church. Do your homework and don't be so naive.

Answer 4

It amazes me that so many answers you've received on this subject (over a few questions) is that people don't seem to know what the term christian means, there's people saying that Hitler's not a christian, that catholics aren't Christians, and there's people unaware of the atrocities carried out through time in the name of god, by Christians. anyway I'm sure your not looking for an answer, but with out doubt Christianity has been probably the most wicked of all the monotheistic religions.

Answer 5

False religion. They killed Christianity and replaced it with pagan traditions a long time ago.

M’Clintock and Strong’s Cyclopædia says: “The observance of Christmas is not of divine appointment, nor is it of N[ew] T[estament] origin. The day of Christ’s birth cannot be ascertained from the N[ew] T[estament], or, indeed, from any other source.”—(New York, 1871), Vol. II, p. 276.

Luke 2:8-11 shows that shepherds were in the fields at night at the time of Jesus’ birth. The book Daily Life in the Time of Jesus states: “The flocks . . . passed the winter under cover; and from this alone it may be seen that the traditional date for Christmas, in the winter, is unlikely to be right, since the Gospel says that the shepherds were in the fields.”—(New York, 1962), Henri Daniel-Rops, p. 228.

The Encyclopedia Americana informs us: “The reason for establishing December 25 as Christmas is somewhat obscure, but it is usually held that the day was chosen to correspond to pagan festivals that took place around the time of the winter solstice, when the days begin to lengthen, to celebrate the ‘rebirth of the sun.’ . . . The Roman Saturnalia (a festival dedicated to Saturn, the god of agriculture, and to the renewed power of the sun), also took place at this time, and some Christmas customs are thought to be rooted in this ancient pagan celebration.”—(1977), Vol. 6, p. 666.

The New Catholic Encyclopedia acknowledges: “The date of Christ’s birth is not known. The Gospels indicate neither the day nor the month . . . According to the hypothesis suggested by H. Usener . . . and accepted by most scholars today, the birth of Christ was assigned the date of the winter solstice (December 25 in the Julian calendar, January 6 in the Egyptian), because on this day, as the sun began its return to northern skies, the pagan devotees of Mithra celebrated the dies natalis Solis Invicti (birthday of the invincible sun). On Dec. 25, 274, Aurelian had proclaimed the sun-god principal patron of the empire and dedicated a temple to him in the Campus Martius. Christmas originated at a time when the cult of the sun was particularly strong at Rome.”—(1967), Vol. III, p. 656.

Answer 6

Murder in the Bible



The act of murder is rampant in the Bible. In much of the Bible, especially the Old Testament, there are laws that command that people be killed for absurd reasons such as working on the Sabbath, being gay, cursing your parents, or not being a virgin on your wedding night. In addition to these crazy and immoral laws, there are plenty of examples of God's irrationality by his direct killing of many people for reasons that defy any rational explanation such as killing children who make fun of bald people, and the killing of a man who tried to keep the ark of God from falling during transport. There are also countless examples of mass murders commanded by God, including the murder of women, infants, and children.



The following passages are a very small percentage of the total passages approving of murder in the Bible. They are divided here into three parts: 1) Capital Punishment Crimes, 2) God's Murders for Stupid Reasons, 3) Murdering Children, and 4) Miscellaneous Murders. This list is long, but it barely scratches the surface of all the murders approved of in the Bible.

Answer 7

Fear,intolerance,hate,jealousy(Salem)...any and all of the above...The Burning Times as they are called in many Pagan Religions. Catholic or not,they are still Christian's i.e. they believe in Christ. If you want to see a great video, it is called Demystifying Paganism on MYSPACE videos.It's worth a look.

Answer 8

I assume you are referring to the Crusades? The Church did that to try to rid itself of outspoken women who refused to back down and let "doctors" treat people at that time going to a doctor was like playing Russian roulette. The wise women known as Wiccans eventually went underground and even went so far as to "feign" conversion to Catholicism to stay alive and practised their healing art behind closed doors. They are just now begining to come out.

Answer 9

Why are Christians now dropping bombs and mutilating and killing thousands of women children and babies .Nothing changes very much.

Answer 10

Again, study your history. Take out "Christians", and insert "Roman Catholic Church". There have always been thousands of Christian groups who refused to be a part of the Catholic church. Quite often, the people being burned were independent Christians who would not agree to accept the false practices, and control of the RC church.

Answer 11

They were killing all of the wise women to eliminate pagan religions which worshiped the goddess along with the god. They were getting rid of the old religeon with its' equal balance of male female with a patriarchal religeon.