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The Cathars were not Christians. They resisted repeated attempts by missionaries to convert them to Christianity, so the authorities (both civil and ecclesiastical) resorted to what was then the usual method of dealing with insurrection. The Cathars would probably have wiped themselves out eventually anyway, due to their infatuation with suicide.

[BipolarBob]

Cathars would probably have wiped themselves out eventually anyway, due to their infatuation with suicide.

With that kind of reasoning, abortion is okay because infants would die sooner or later (old age if nothing else). And if the Cathars weren't Christian, it was by Catholic standards. They considered themselves Christian but it was a mixture of mysticisms and Scripture. But yeah, if they weren't Catholic, I guess it's open season on Cathars.

[roamer_1]

The Cathars were not Christians.

That's funny, as they kicked y'alls butt in the scriptures...

They resisted repeated attempts by missionaries to convert them to Christianity

Yes... the rise of the Dominicans, mimicking the modesty and charity that was natural among the Cathars.

so the authorities (both civil and ecclesiastical) resorted to what was then the usual method of dealing with insurrection.

No, the royalty defended them... hence the need to wipe them out and the promise to the Franks.

The Cathars would probably have wiped themselves out eventually anyway, due to their infatuation with suicide.

Propaganda of the Roman church. The endura was not suicide, and was only entered into when death was imminent and/or unavoidable.

[metmom]

Yes, convert or die.

Where have we heard that before?