Have Evangelical Protestants forgotten the lessons of the Roman Catholic Inqusition which was the result of ..

Question

mixing religious and secular political matters claiming God called the Church to kill all non-Catholics and pagans? TWH 05292007-4

note Any effort to claim I stated or implied that the protestants want to kill all pagans is to read the Q incorrectly and it is not an answer to the Q but an attempt to avoid the Q asked or twist it in ways which are demagogic.

Historical note: The RCC went after the people I mentioned. It would be better to answer the Q asked rather than post an obnoxious uniformative assertion about history. PBS just televised a series on the Inquisition and I think they went after all the other faiths as well as RCC sects that were labled heretical. The InQuisition helped to create the Protestant Sect of Christianity in that many Christians got fed up with a corrupt clergy and a dictatorial-political Pope, the top priest of a class of priests that said you had to go through them to understand your faith and the Christian God's plan for humanity.

Answer 1

I think there are some who like the idea of killing anyone who doesn't believe exactly what they do. Check out the "Left Behind" books and games.

By the way, if you're any other brand of christian, don't think you're exempt from their hatred, because to those people you're not a "real" christian.

http://www.boingboing.net/2006/05/31/left_behind_christia.html

"Imagine: you are a foot soldier in a paramilitary group whose purpose is to remake America as a Christian theocracy, and establish its worldly vision of the dominion of Christ over all aspects of life. You are issued high-tech military weaponry, and instructed to engage the infidel on the streets of New York City. You are on a mission - both a religious mission and a military mission -- to convert or kill Catholics, Jews, Muslims, Buddhists, gays, and anyone who advocates the separation of church and state - especially moderate, mainstream Christians. Your mission is 'to conduct physical and spiritual warfare'; all who resist must be taken out with extreme prejudice."

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Angeltree, people can, and probably do, pray at school -- silently. However, they don't have a right to pray in a way that disrupts class -- out loud.

In the workplace, the employer sets the rules at to what can be displayed, etc. No one has a right to demand that their employer allow religious observation.

You do have the right to sing your songs and display your religious symbols, just not on public property -- that's unconstitutional -- or private property without the owner's permission.

Graduation ceremonies, and the like, are not the place for religion. The participants have no option but to be there, and the day is for them, whether they believe as the majority does or not. That's why the founders of the U.S. made sure to keep religion and government separate.

As for homosexual marriage, if you don't believe in it, don't engage in it. Marriage is a civil contract, not a religious one. Any religious organization that doesn't want to perform their ritual ceremony for same-sex couples does not have to. However, theists have no right to make secular law conform to their religious beliefs.

Your idea of compromise seems to be that the majority religion gets to make the laws for all, and those laws will enforce their religion. That is no compromise. That is theocracy, and unconstitutional. I guess theists will just have to get used to it. LOL

Answer 2

The protestants "shouldn't" forget the RCI or their own pagan origins. Being a former member of the Roman Catholic church is a stigma that in some ways still haunts the protestants. They can't get away from the RCC counter Reformation's propoganda.

Answer 3

Since when do Evangelical Protestants want to kill Pagans, they want to for give them all. If you truly look at this Religion you would see it is Roman Catholic with out the Saints in the way or a POPE either. The differences are so slit after that they are hard to fine or none existent.

Answer 4

"To kill all non-Catholics", this is a bit of a fiction. The Roman Inquisition of the middle 12th century, was discover and suppres heresy and punish heretics. Particularly against the Albigensian sect whose doctrines were destructive in faith and public morality.

The Spanish Inquisition of the late 15th century, was targetted against lapsed cobverts fron Judaism, crypto-Jews and other apostates. The civil government had great influence over the administration of this Inquisition.

Answer 5

Not that Rome handled themselves all too well back then, but if you really do your history you will discover that the nations of Islam (Muslims) were stirring up a fair share of political head lopping just prior to the inquisition and the crusades. Interesting!

It's all about the law of "cause and effect!"

Answer 6

I believe that too many people have forgotten the past, have forgotten everything they learned about all of history.
I don't know who originally said it but; "those who do not learn from the past are doomed to repeat it."
It doesn't matter who does the killing, or who did it in the past. Nor does it matter that much of what we see today is not necessarily killing, but prejudice and bigotry against what people don't understand and therefore fear, so they must hate it.
We have already seen the Crusades and the Holocaust re-enacted several times throughout our history, and yet, somehow, we still don't learn.

Answer 7

As an ex-Catholic and gift so-known as Protestant, I haven't any curiosity in balloting for Rick Santorum. The handiest candidate that pursuits me is Ron Paul. This isn't when you consider that I might vote for him. I do not vote. He is effortlessly no longer as stupid and as dull because the relaxation of the applicants, adding Obama, are.

Answer 8

Thank you, thank you, oh, THANK YOU for not lumping all Christians together in this question!
I don't think I qualify as an "Evangelical Protestant", and I know I am definitely not a Roman Catholic, but I will try to give you an honest answer, anyhow.
You are completely correct...politics and religion do not mix. We should not base our political system on our religion. Why, if we did that, politicians would have to tell the truth...and we all know that would be very traumatic for them...and for their constituencies...
On the other hand, trying to force Christians to leave their religion at home when they go out in public is simply not going to work. Christians have the same rights under the Constitution as anyone else. We have the right to practice our religion, and to practice it as we see fit. We have the right to freedom of speech.
That means that we do, indeed, have the right to pray, out loud if we want to, where ever we find ourselves. Yes, we have the right to pray in the classroom. We have the right to thank our God in any speech we might give, no matter where we are, without having our mic cut. We have the right to our religious celebrations, and every right to expect to be able to celebrate in public, as well as in private. We have the right to sing our caroles at Christmas, and to display our "He is Risen" crosses at Easter. We have the right to do this in our workplace, or at our school.
Did I mention that every other religion practiced in the US ought to have the same rights? If a Wiccan child wishes to thank her goddess in her valedictorian speech, she ought to be allowed to do that. If a Pagan wishes to celebrate his holidays, he ought to be allowed to do that, as well. Why shouldn't we put up the symbols of the Jewish Hanakah right alongside of our Christmas trees, and our Nativity Scenes?
If the majority of the people in the U.S. believe that homosexual marriage is an abomination according to their religion, they should not be forced to accept it. Why should they have to? On the other hand, any couple who lives together, raises kids together, pays bills together, etc, ought to have the same rights to file taxes together, or to visit their significant other in the hospital, or to inherit, as any other couple. This only requires a civil contract, not a formal marriage.
Because we have people in this country with many faiths, we need to learn to compromise.
I guess atheists will just have to get used to it, LOL!!

Answer 9

I am going to weigh in here and you will not like what I am going to say. Protestantism is just as dirty as Rome

PAGAN

and

PAPAL.

For in the book of Revelation Pagan Rome is spoken of as a great red dragon, Papal Rome is spoken of as the beast out of the sea, and Protestantism is spoken of as the beast out of the earth. All three are anti-God. The protestants fought the Catholics so how is this religion all that Godly?

Answer 10

First off, you have a poor understanding of the "inquisition". Hint: Those persecuted were CATHOLICS. And some Moslems and Jews were believed to be conspiring to overthrow the monarchy...do some more homework.