Interesting point of view for one whose organization has never admitted the Inquisition or burning at the stake were bad ideas. Oh, well.
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Guess this is her (be certain you want to click, though):
Failing to require ultimate accountability from even the sleaziest of murderers disrespects the lives of innocent people everywhere.
Her last meal included diet frosted lemonade. I guess she wanted to make sure she didn’t look fat in her prison gown on the gurney...
and I’m not hearing much outrage over the murder & butchering of unborn innocents for profit
Before you going judging too quickly, ponder the actions of God and death of the Egyptian first born.
Consider also, John the Baptist and Isaiah as worthy prophets of Jesus Christ.
Finally, perhaps you missed Pope St. John Paul II and his many, many apologies, as well as Pope Benedict XVI.
Please also consider there was no apology for the executions of Catholics by Henry VIII, nor recompense for the destruction of Catholic buildings.
I think that was taken care of back in 2000, when Pope John Paul II did his long on behalf of the Church, I do apologize for the abuses done in the name of the Church which would include the inquisition and the burning at the stake.
Heck, the apologists around here still like to claim the Catholic church had absolutely nothing to do with all that business.
The church has apologized for the inquisition, for turning Jews over to the state to be executed. (The church itself did not execute anyone.)
Not that the Inquisition was all bad, despite what you may have heard. Here's a pretty interesting article on the Spanish Inquisition by Thomas Madden. It's actually worth a look.
Here's an insight: when medieval people were suspected (probably by their neighbors) of malicious heresy or other deviltry, the options were the following (1) trial by your medieval lord, who might have a vested interest in a guilty verdict, since he could penalize you by taking your home and property; (2) mob action, in which you might die rather quickly and badly; or (3) the Inquisition (the word means, simply, "Investigation," neither more nor less) in which the Church had actual, well, investigations.
Bottom line: it was a search for evidence, with witnesses, advocates, cross-examinations, etc.: without a doubt the fairest as well as the most lenient courts in Europe. (Gotta see this in context.) The Inquisition practically invented procedural due process.
Madden: "By the 14th century, the Inquisition represented the best legal practices available. Inquisition officials were university-trained specialists in law and theology. The procedures were similar to those used in secular inquisitions (we call them “inquests” today, but it’s the same word).
"The simple fact is that the medieval Inquisition saved uncounted thousands of innocent (and even not-so-innocent) people who would otherwise have been roasted by secular lords or mob rule."
OK, flame on. I mean, let the discussion continue.
>> the Inquisition
Don’t recall Catholics participating in the killing of Jews 75 years ago.
