Haven't you heard? The Spanish Inquisition wasn't anywhere near as bad as the folks who went through it wrote about.
The now confirmed death toll of the Spanish Inquisition is:
8...
...and 1 dog.
...and one donkey, which, if one is to be fair, was not a donkey at all, but more of a burro.
; )
Well it wasn't. Here, I'll provide an updated quote for people who are keeping track of these things:
What the Catholic Church needs today is an Inquisition. It can start with me.
It would certainly help you guys out too, there wouldn't be any question about what exactly the Catholic Church teaches or who could speak about what Catholic doctrine means.
We can leave out the torture this time around, just "Do you claim to be Catholic?", "Do you deny X?" and/or "Do you profess Y?" and depending on the answer "Well then stop calling yourself a Catholic".
Something more like:
"Talk! Will you talk!"
"But it hurts!"
"Well, loosen it up a bit, will you? Fine..."
‘Cause that's what it would be. "Tea and cake or death? Tea and cake or death? Tea and cake or death!"
The American justice system could learn a few things from reforms of Torquemada. I especially like the idea that the accused could make a list of his enemies and nobody on that list could offer evidence against him.
AND ONE VERY BAD OR LYING ACCOUNTANT.
Plus, you simple people misinterpret what they wrote...WE can tell you what they really meant...