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The Inquisition: Facts and Fictions
The Catholic League for Religious and Civil Rights ^ | Robert P. Lockwood

Posted on 09/05/2001 10:01:36 PM PDT by Brian Kopp DPM

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1 posted on 09/05/2001 10:01:36 PM PDT by Brian Kopp DPM
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To: proud2bRC
For the remainder of this fine analysis, see History and Myth: The Inquisition by Robert P. Lockwood
2 posted on 09/05/2001 10:14:13 PM PDT by Brian Kopp DPM
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To: patent
This might be a good resource to bookmark for reference in future freeper debates.
3 posted on 09/05/2001 10:54:15 PM PDT by Brian Kopp DPM
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To: proud2bRC
Let's face it, the world is full of men, imperfect men. The men who led the inquisition were nothing less than monsters. Each of us would go back and stop them if we could. But does that blemish the glory of Jesus, the Christ? It cannot. Instead, it is a warning to us all of the evil that men can do; we can't change the past but we can scorn and revile it with our own, modern invective, if only to vainly punish the past for the sorrow we ourselves feel.
4 posted on 09/05/2001 10:55:59 PM PDT by Darheel
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To: proud2bRC
Ah, but they were handy with a comfy cushion!


Sorry, Monty Python flashback. *g*

5 posted on 09/05/2001 11:32:21 PM PDT by LenS
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To: proud2bRC
Demanding apologies for 700 year old atrocities is about as realistic as demanding apologies for a 200 year old slavery system. Can reparation demands be far behind?
6 posted on 09/05/2001 11:39:57 PM PDT by Bob J
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To: proud2bRC
So, if you were amazed at the vileness of Holocaust Deniers, now comes Inquisition Deniers...
7 posted on 09/05/2001 11:51:04 PM PDT by 185JHP
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To: LenS
'And hurl thy holy hand-grenade of Antioch tow-ward thy foe...For he is naughty in God's sight' lol.
8 posted on 09/06/2001 12:22:33 AM PDT by Darheel
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To: 185JHP
Did you even bother to read the article??? It does not in any way deny the Inquisition. If you can't defeat the argument, accuse the opponent of being a Neo nazi denying the Holocaust, eh?
9 posted on 09/06/2001 9:01:13 PM PDT by Brian Kopp DPM
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To: 185JHP
A kinder, gentler Inquisition. They didn't mean to rip the skin from hundreds of thousands
of naughty people, you know.
10 posted on 09/06/2001 9:05:54 PM PDT by Storm Orphan
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To: proud2bRC
The Official Roman Catolic history of the Inquisition!!!!!Pious was Innocent and Innocent was Pious,BWAAAHAHAHA... no one can say any different because the Cathyrs,'witches' and everyone else were all freaking killed.
11 posted on 09/06/2001 9:08:30 PM PDT by Governor StrangeReno
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To: proud2bRC
"Many Americans, Catholics as well as non-Catholics, have an understanding of history...

Many Americans could not tell you what years the Nixon administration spanned and a recent Vice President of our nation could not identify a bust of Thomas Jefferson or Benjamin Franklin. This writer assumes too much.

12 posted on 09/06/2001 9:18:45 PM PDT by Joe 6-pack
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To: Governor StrangeReno
The only folks who cry about Cathyrs are Freemasons. Go home to your lodge buddies, OK?
13 posted on 09/06/2001 9:32:01 PM PDT by Brian Kopp DPM
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To: Joe 6-pack
This writer assumes too much.

You're probably correct. Just look at the idiotic bigots posting to this thread.

14 posted on 09/06/2001 9:33:18 PM PDT by Brian Kopp DPM
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To: Governor StrangeReno
Gosh, the Inquisition got such a bum rap.

Hell, I'd love to have been a heretic. Like a visit to Club Med.

(Secret lodge handshake of the Illuminati.)

15 posted on 09/06/2001 9:36:59 PM PDT by Storm Orphan
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To: proud2bRC
You are correct. After rereading my post I realize it may have come across as a jab at the author of the piece. It was not intended as such; however, I think, given the general American attitude towards history, the author may be casting pearls before swine...
16 posted on 09/06/2001 9:38:45 PM PDT by Joe 6-pack
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To: Joe 6-pack
the author may be casting pearls before swine...

Kinda like posting it here?

17 posted on 09/06/2001 9:45:35 PM PDT by Brian Kopp DPM
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To: proud2bRC
thank you for the link.
18 posted on 09/06/2001 9:46:52 PM PDT by patriot5186
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To: Storm Orphan
A kinder, gentler Inquisition. They didn't mean to rip the skin from hundreds of thousands of naughty people, you know.

Nice to see you read the piece (doubtful) and now have a grasp of history (clearly not).

Even after reading the truth, you still spout lies. God have mercy on your soul.

19 posted on 09/06/2001 9:52:19 PM PDT by Brian Kopp DPM
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To: Storm Orphan
I never got that handshake down pat like Moe from the three stooges.
20 posted on 09/06/2001 9:55:38 PM PDT by Governor StrangeReno
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