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Are we reading the same thread?

Not exactly. This is the post that I said was deceitful because it gratuitously cut out the word "Spanish":

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/religion/2618333/posts?page=1678#1666

Be that as it may, when you said that inquisition is purely an internal Catholic matter and not really the business of any non-Catholic were you refering to just the Spanish Inquisiiton or not?

Of course. I said that inquisition is only the business of Catholics in the context of the Spanish Inquisition applying only to Catholics. If inquisition is applied to somebody else, how could it not be that party's business?

Not exactly. This is the post that I said was deceitful because it gratuitously cut out the word "Spanish":

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/religion/2618333/posts?page=1678#1666

Uh, that is your post, not Dr. Eckleburg's post. I assume that you are not saying that it was your own post that was deceitful. Dr. Eckleburg's post to which you were replying in the "deceitful" post does not leave out the word, "Spanish". The quotes were verbatim, as I showed.

I said that inquisition is only the business of Catholics in the context of the Spanish Inquisition applying only to Catholics.

Ok. Thank you for the clarification. As questionable as the claim is historically, it does limit the scope of the claim to Spain, and therefore cannot taken as a generalization applicable to other countries where non-Catholics were indeed persecuted and killed in Catholic inquisitions.

Cordially,

This is the post that I said was deceitful because it gratuitously cut out the word "Spanish":

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/religion/2618333/posts?page=1678#1666 (Dr.E: "...and permits people like annalex to call for a return to the Inquisition.")

What are you talking about???

Did you miss the fact that I was speaking about annalex' calling for a return to the Inquisition? Why would I "cut out the word 'Spanish'" when I wasn't speaking about you, but about annalex and his desire for a return to "the Inquisition?"

"The Holy Inquisition in its full vigor is something modernity sorely lacks" -- 328 posted on 08/01/2008 4:59:56 PM PDT by annalex

Post 1678: Your selective quoting of me is deceitful.

Post 1877: Your defense that she was not deceitful...

To call me "deceitful" is just one more instance of Roman Catholic apologists breaking the rules by making it personal and imputing motive.

It's also a great example of deflecting the argument away from the ugly candor already spoken on this forum -- Roman Catholic apologists desire a return to the Inquisition -- Spanish, French, Portuguese, Roman...whatever you got, they'll go for it.