http://www.exposingchristianity.com/Inquisition.html
2007-03-18 20:39:12 · 14 answers · asked by Iwishmyhairwasemo 2 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
It was a nasty way to keep the population in line - - -
Peace....
2007-03-18 20:44:56 · answer #1 · answered by JVHawai'i 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
What is distinctly missing fron that commentary is the number of True Christians that were burned tortured, mutilated and adding insult to injury were branded as witches and heretics...thought they were not and held the truth of the Gospel in high regard and the errors of Rome with disdain.
The website tries to paint all Christians as murderous Romish hags..although nothing could bve further from the truth...for the 1260 years that the Vatican ruled Europe with iron teeth it was Christians that were killed in the greatest numbers, by far.. Check out Foxe's Book of the Martyrs printed in the 1800's. it is a record albeit incomplete of the deaths of true believers at Papal hands. http://www.ccel.org/f/foxe/martyrs/home.html
The website you gave also makes the FALSE assumption that the Pope is the head of the Christian Church..that title belongs to Christ alone. What the Roman Pontiff is and always has been is the "man of sin"... The protestant reformation was not just about selling of indulgences...it was men realized that the Papacy was the very antichrist or son of perdition that the scriptures warned of... a little investigation and you will find the same....alll the protestant reformers pointed the finger squarely at the "Bishop of Rome" accusing of being the very "Beast of Revelations" and the abominable " little horn" of the book of Daniel.
Not just one pope but all of them..the son of perdition lives through them just like he did in Judas iscariot...that son of perdition is really the Devil himself.
They are right to point out the atrocious abominations that were committed and still are being committed by the "Great Whore" and her "harlot" ecumenical daughters...but they should realize if they care abouit the innocent that they realize...catholicism is NOT Christian. It's not scriptural except in the fact that reveals itself to fulfill EVERY prophecy regarding Antichrist, Beast, ...basically evil incarnate.......and yet even those at the website have praised the vatican unwittingly by saying it is the head of the Christian church.
Rome is Satan';s seat and where the Synagogue (church) of Satan reigns supreme..for now.
2007-03-19 04:00:36 · answer #2 · answered by Kenneth 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well, I'm against it, and the secret ringleader is no doubt slippery Dick Cheney...
Oh, you mean the *medieval* inquisition?!
Every religion matures, and part of that growth process too often includes violence and torture. This is what happens when people, whether Christian, Muslim, Buddhist, whatever, are insecure in their own faith and desperately try to enforce their beliefs. The same thing happens when people feel insecure in their political and/or economic power, as we saw in Nazi Germany and the USSR, and are seeing today in North Korea and communist China.
We've seen it over and over throughout history but the human race, or at least parts of it, have failed to learn the lessons it should have taught them. VIolence against and oppression of other nations or races eventually is shown to be barbaric and eventually comes back to bite you in the ***.
For both religious and political reasons, this is a lesson of which the current Presidential administration (regime?) needs a stern reminder.
2007-03-19 03:53:25 · answer #3 · answered by Don P 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Totally based on heresay, conjecture and ignorance. I personally would have thought the accusers were the witches, not the townspeople, and locked them up. They should still be punished for the obscenity and all the lost innocence. The girls were obviously abused in some way (I always thought it was probably the cleric). The whole situation was insanity!
2007-03-19 03:45:17 · answer #4 · answered by ~Tina~ 1 · 1⤊ 2⤋
I think it was incredibly sad.What a beautifully different world we would have now!Thanks for the link i am going to use it when the christians give me the s.h.i.t.s.!
Blessed be!)o(
2007-03-19 04:10:49 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
A part of Christians terrible history
2007-03-19 03:41:40 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 2⤋
I think it can happen again if we aren't careful. We really need to keep Church and State separate.
2007-03-19 03:48:47 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
I think it was horrible. but i also think that we have softer versions of that going on right now, ideologically, politically and psychologically.
2007-03-19 04:21:49 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think its ancient history with no relavence to today
2007-03-19 03:58:02 · answer #9 · answered by Augustine 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
I think it was a bunch of humans being humans.
2007-03-19 03:43:43 · answer #10 · answered by littlechrismary 5 · 3⤊ 0⤋