Good point, it was actually well over a million, some sources say over two million. It was a holocaust, which is why the Catholic commentators defending it here are truly vile, since they are comparing the murdered Cathars to Nazis or terrorists rather than the directly applicable comparison of them being treated like WWII Jews.
In fact, Cathars were non-violent, peaceful people who won the hearts of the peasants through their gentleness and kindness. They were spiritually brave to an incredible degree, holding hands and singing psalms as they were executed. That's why Catholic apologists have to demonize them, because the horror of what the Church did to them was greatly multiplied by their innocence and devotion to God.
Yet not only are they hideously slandered, their mass murder is denied entirely - the French did it, they died of natural causes. Well yeah, the French did it at the command and reward of the Church, and starvation and sickness are natural causes, as long as you don't mention it came from being hunted for years until you were trapped like animals.
I must say, though, I've never seen a Catholic apologist express actual joy over the killings until this thread. Truth is always satisfying, even hard truths. So seeing the true Catholic bloodlust openly confirmed is, in its own way, a good thing. No, most Catholics are not deranged. But for those who are, such sadistic enjoyment is still a protected madness even after two thousand years of bestial slaughter.
And that is a problem, I think. Its also why their lies flow like water - because in the eyes of the Church, heresy is not Catharism, it's disagreement. So no one reading this who is not an obedient Catholic should think the words of the Catholic apologists on this thread praising the slaughter only applies a thousand years ago. No, it applies now, to you and your family and children, today. Chopped and burned for the crime of heresy, praise be to God. Otherwise these apologists are hypocrites, but that's impossible - in fact, thinking they are murderous hypocrites is heresy.
And you don't want to be a heretic, now do you?
Too late.
I stopped reading at this point since it is clear you are not giving legitimate numbers.
Dr. David Jeremiah used to throw around the number of 5 million people killed by the Inquisition. I broke the numbers down for him and asked him the two questions I will ask you: Where are all the bodies buried, and who buried them?