Hawkman

http://www.history.com/news/history-lists/6-reasons-the-dark-ages-werent-so-dark

Well the only other notable example of the Inquisition was in Spain, and that was mostly motivated by racism towards the Jewish people there. If it wasn’t politically motivated, then why is it the Inquisition in places like England or Sweden went by practically unnoticed? It was only in a couple countries the Inquisition took on a form more…[Read more]

The Inquisition

In 1307, plagued by the debts he owed them, King Philip IV of France accused the Templars of heresy and made many arrests. The King sought the help of Pope Clement V, who opened an official trial against the Templars, while Philip’s regime proceeded to unofficially torture Templars into confessing such crimes as devil worship. A…[Read more]

The “fundagelicals” as you call them, are imo, nothing more than blind sheep, being lead by blind wolves. Protestant Evangicals are not men of the cloth, they come as salesmen in business suits for a reason. They are selling something, and operating a very profitable business out of crafting their own personal brand of God™.

Christianity should n…[Read more]

Throughout history, many governments have had such purges and “purifying” attacks on their populations, particularly during the era in question. This was only done through the Church because although the people attacked were Christian, they were not under the direct control of the Pope. This made an alliance against convenient for those in power.

This is exactly what i meant. It is actually quite foreign to me how people in the West dont seem able to conceive of a religion independent of written texts. Most religions dont even have written text. Religion is a culture.

The Bible has been translated, and transliterated, and then re-transliterated so much to get to modern Shakespearan…[Read more]

What i mean is,if there were no Roman Catholic Church and Pope, it is highly likely such an event would have taken place. The existence of the church just made it easier to carry out.

This is what they call Sola Scriptura. The hallmark of Protestantism. It is also what makes it the religion of a million Popes with 30,000 denominations. Some of whom actually believe the entire scripture must be taken literally.

The Bible has a complex history, and laymen claiming to be authorities on it has destroyed much of what it was…[Read more]

Dark Ages: go on.

The Inquisition can pretty much be dismissed out of hand imo, as that was politics, not religion. Some kings had racked up enormous debts to religious organizations, which at the time functioned like banks. It was convenient for both those kings and the Catholic Church to simply brand them as heretics to get rid of…[Read more]

Exactly. I see people talking of equality and fighting racism, religion, classism etc. I believe these are more symptoms then the actual problem.
War happens. Everything must fight for the right to exist in this world. History shows even freed African slaves less than a century later, put in the same position as the Europeans, they’d have done the…[Read more]

I’m quite convinced even race is not about race. I’m currently watching a show about the Viking invasion of England. These historical fictions love to dramatize it, make the differences appear far greater than they really were… The truth is the Anglos, Saxons, and the Jutes all came from Danes, Germanic tribes neighboring each other from…[Read more]

Have you ever been to a Catholic Church, or said any Catholic prayers?