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To: WPaCon

If you really want to go there we could hold a discussion on the morality of the Spanish or other inquisitions.

Or we could discuss simony which resulted in boatloads of clergy who didn’t even understand the Latin being said in the Masses.

How does one defend the idea of burning people at the stake for merely possessing a Bible in, horror of horrors, their own language; i.e., English.

The Roman Catholic Church had certainly engaged in gross heretical behaviors. Castigating Protestant behavior without fully explaining the behavior of the Roman Catholic Church prior to the its own counter-reformation is the worst kind of straw man argument. These things must be discussed in historical context.

As a Protestant who does not normally engage in attacking the Roman Catholic Church I find having my branch of the Church attacked objectionable. How did you like it?


6 posted on 03/30/2011 11:09:21 AM PDT by the_Watchman
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To: the_Watchman

I <3 Martin Luther. That’s all.


7 posted on 03/30/2011 11:11:52 AM PDT by Winstons Julia (when liberals rant, it's called free speech; when conservatives vent, it's called hate speech.)
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