[Hermann the Cherusker]

Oh BTW: I love how you Catlickers try and throw arrows at Protestants because of some putative lack of engaging in mission work while all time realizing that the Holy Evil Roman Empire was literally slinging arrows at any Protestant they saw evangelizing.

The notion that the Holy Roman Empire was capable of stopping the English from evangelizing the Indians in North America in the 1600's is ridiculous.

[lockeliberty]

The notion that the Holy Roman Empire was capable of stopping the English from evangelizing the Indians in North America in the 1600's is ridiculous.

Not really considering that they just slaughtered the Indians in their "holy" conquests and search for gold.

In January, seventy men with weapons glinting in the winter sunlight, departed for Acoma like a medieval army bent on a crusade. Of the monumental battle that took place- Spaniards scaling the walls in brutal assault; Indians pelting them with a hail of arrows and stones; the sheer blind courage of attacker and defender locked arm and arm in combat; the firing of the pueblo and appalling slaughter of its inhabitants- of all this on the battle-seared promontory, scarcely an American today knows a single detail. The Spaniards had their victory, but it was a heartbreaking day for humanity.

[lockeliberty]

I would be remiss if I did not additionally note:

It is an undeniable historical fact that the "conversion" of Mexican Indians was made easier because of the synergism of the pagan Indian virgin goddess with Mariology. In fact, the antedotal evidence is plain to see today just by viewing all the little Mary idols hanging from the rear-view mirrors of Hispanic owned vehicles. You will have to excuse me for laughing at the numbers you claim of true Christian Roman Catholics.