[agarrett]

You know very well that pagans were persecuted and killed for their faith all over Europe from the time Christians became a majority until the witchcraft trials ended in the 18th century.

  I didn't know that - let alone very well. From my reading of European history, it appears that most of their religious warfare was dedicated either to the Crusades or to persecuting heresy. Heresy, note, is not the pursuit of pagans - they were generally left alone - but the pursuit of people who claim to follow the same religion, but have different ideas of how to do it.

  The Crusades, well, they were a mix of religious fervor with counter-attacking warfare. Partly political, partly religious. But they didn't last from the time of the Holy Roman Empire until the 18th century...

  So, can we have some details, rather than a blanket statement. Maybe some specific examples of persecution? A specific religion? And, just to make it harder, I'll stipulate that Jews are not pagans (I know you can find several examples of anti-Jewish persecution.)

Drew Garrett

[Servant of the 9]

Heresy, note, is not the pursuit of pagans - they were generally left alone - but the pursuit of people who claim to follow the same religion, but have different ideas of how to do it.

How very convenient.
The Christians redefined the prior religions as 'Devil Worship' and thus heresy, and then started burning them.

So9