To: 2ndDivisionVet
-— the Cathars rejected the bureaucracy of the Roman Catholic Church and refused to worship in temples or cathedrals. The Cathars also believed that men and women were equal—in Cathar communities, women often held important religious positions -—
They were a gnostic or proto-New Age cult that rejected marriage because they rejected the material world. The spread of their religion would have meant the literal end of society.
5 posted on
04/19/2015 5:01:16 PM PDT by
St_Thomas_Aquinas
( Isaiah 22:22, Matthew 16:19, Revelation 3:7)
To: St_Thomas_Aquinas
I can see rejecting bureaucracy, but sounds like they went full retard
13 posted on
04/19/2015 5:09:16 PM PDT by
GeronL
(Clearly Cruz 2016)
To: St_Thomas_Aquinas
So they must be exterminated. Right?
15 posted on
04/19/2015 5:14:25 PM PDT by
2ndDivisionVet
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To: St_Thomas_Aquinas
Like the Shakers, if you left them alone they would have died out of their own accord.
37 posted on
04/19/2015 8:34:03 PM PDT by
Harmless Teddy Bear
(Proud Infidel, Gun Nut, Religious Fanatic and Freedom Fiend)
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