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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: 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
They didn't mean to rip the skin from hundreds of thousands of naughty people, you know.

From the article:

Some of the devices and inventions used to torture the “heresy” out of those rejecting the Catholic Church’s authority included “The Iron Maiden,” “Hanging Cages,” “The Judas Cradle,” “Skinning the Cat,” “The Head Crusher,” “The Heretic’s Fork,” “The Barrel Pillory,” “The Rack,” “The Knee Splitter,” “The Breast Ripper,” and other devices too numerous to mention or too heinous to describe in any detail. The inquisitor was commissioned directly by the pope and acted directly on his behalf. The trials were held in secret and the inquisitor acted as judge, jury and prosecutor. The accused was never represented. The Inquisition resulted in the torture and murder of millions of Christians whose only crime was a rejection of Catholic heresy and a commitment to follow the Bible as their sole authority for faith and practice. John Paul II has not confessed the Inquisition; he has failed to label his fellow popes the murderers they were.”4

Kaifetz, writing on the cusp of the New Millenium, neatly summarizes the falsehoods, exaggerations and myths of the inquisition established in the religious wars of the 16th Century. While he approaches the inquisition from the perspective of a more traditional form of religious anti-Catholicism, the image he presents would be shared by many today, including some Catholics.

Please, S.O., read the article. There may be hope for your edification yet.

21 posted on 09/06/2001 9:58:01 PM PDT by Brian Kopp DPM
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