[NittanyLion]

yet what they so conveniently forget is how they held sway upon the western world for 1,300 years and brutally oppressed all those who followed the Master by His own footsteps instead of by the mandates of the papal throne. Millions of men, women, and children from Jews to Waldensians, to Huguenots were systematically murdered by the "church" of Rome. No amount of revisionism will erase that memory.

Last I checked, I didn't participate in such activities, not did any other Catholic living today.

Are you also in favor of slave reparations, or do you simply take hypocritical stances when Catholics are involved?

[safisoft]

Are you also in favor of slave reparations, or do you simply take hypocritical stances when Catholics are involved?

First, Rome did not free the "slaves" (i.e., believers who opposed Rome's iron fist) so your analogy does not work. Many broke free from Rome by paying with their lives. Rome fought all the way, and only in recent years even admitted there was such a thing as a "Christian" outside of the Roman "church".

I don't act like slavery never existed. I don't promote teachings that condones things like slavery. I don't act surprised when there is a reaction to the memory of slavery.