Why do atheists blame the Inquisition on born-again Christians ?

Question

It was the Roman Catholic Church who perpetrated it.

Answer 1

I don't.

Answer 2

I for one never blamed it on Christians,I blame Christianity in general,of which the Roman Catholic Church is a part. Just listen to half of the Preachers out there however and it becomes abundantly clear that they would gladly support a modern day Inquisition,without hesitation. The hatred they hold for those who believe differently to them is palpable.

YTP

Answer 3

You are drawing lines in the sand. They will wash away.

Born again Christians differ from other Christians only in their degree of self righteousness (they claim that other Christians are not "true" Christians).

Despite this their morality is so dark that they constantly fail to recognise some of the most basic human rights. These common standards of decency and regard for other people are almost universally accepted (it is primarily Islamic countries that have failed to ratify, for the same sort of religious reasons as born agains), and are a far better and convincingly thought out measure for good morality than any religious texts.

So where is the difference? Born agains would deny people rights that are increasingly taken for granted, just as those in the Inquisition did. They do so for the same reason - Biblical literalism and an unflinching refusal to question their own interpretation of reality.

We just don;t let them actually kill people. Though I have personally read example here of boran agains calling for the death of atheiests amongst others.

Answer 4

If it wasn't for the Inquisition, there wouldn't be any born-again Christians.

The entire Christian religion would have died out long ago if it wasn't enforced on people at the point of a sword. And yes, Catholics are Christians, too.

Answer 5

I've never heard anyone blame the Inquisition on born-again Christians.
They're usually too busy thumping bibles to get anything done on that grand of a scale anyway.

Answer 6

Technically, the Inquisition killed more people in civil courts than church courts. The Catholic church never even used the Malleus Maleficarum, and they often granted pardons in exchange for confessions.

So, it was the individual governments giving into the witch scare that killed people. Not the church. The church even tried to keep people from talking about witchcraft in order to quell the fanaticism of the governments...

Answer 7

We don't, but when you mention the genocide in North America where the native American Indians were almost wiped out the born again crew fall silent. After all, it was the new Protestant religions that went there and founded the country and stripped it in the name of God.

Answer 8

It was the RCC, but the motivation is the same. Persecution in God's name.

Granted, the RCC did it for political, monetary, and power reasons, but the banner was the same.

And before you flaming Religious start spouting off about that being so long ago:

Abortion clinics in God's name
Mormons in God's name
Atheists in God's name
Witches in God's name
Muslims in God's name
Homosexuals in God's name
the list goes on.

Answer 9

Why don't born-again Christians attack the Roman Catholic Church, and leave atheists out of it?

Barney Fife is going to burn in hell.

Answer 10

I don't blame born-agains for the inquisition. I blame born-agains for tinkling all over the constitution and trying to make everyone else conform to their unrealistic antiquated lifestyle.


Have you had your break today?

Answer 11

Every group that has ever existed is guilty of some horror. Atheists, to Zoroastrian. Don't you think it is silly to blame people so many years after the fact?