I mistakenly allowed you to sidetrack me from the subject at hand, which is the Inquisition, one of the darkest periods in the history of the Catholic church. You continue to justify the forced conversion of Jews, without acknowledging that there is something inherently wrong with this practice, and even denied that you advocated it, but then advocated it again with a lot of mumbo jumbo about heretics bringing down the church. What RUBBISH. The Jews were told to convert or lose their property, convert or get out of Spain, and then convert or die and then the Church turns around and says 'you didn't convert with sincerity.' No duh. Think about it for a second at least.
I read the link to the Sephardic history website and it doesn't support your claim at all. And try to keep in mind that the Jews had no country, no army, and were struggling to survive against the oppressive edicts in Spain and Portugal. You are twisting history to suit your purposes. Clearly it bothers you that the Inquisition occurred as it did, but nevertheless, it is what it is.
Finally, do you advocate the death penalty for Abdul Rahman who is on trial in Peshawar for converting to Christianity? Surely you can have no philosophical objection to this since he is a heretic and has subverted morality and religion according the muslims.
Compare it to the Albigensian Wars, where the Inqusition was started.
Also, please tell me which page of the Talmud discusses Jesus, I'll look it up. I don't think you will end up with good support for the claims of Christianity from the Talmud.
Sanhedrin 107b "Jesus the Nazarene [who] practised magic and led Israel astray."
See also here, where I saved an American Jewish Committee article from disappearing down the Memory Hole, which deals with the famous Sanhedrin 43a passage.
See also:
http://judaism.about.com/od/beliefs/a/jesus.htm
Which discusses generally such passages as:
Sanhedrin 106a&b, Yebamoth 49b, Shabbath 104b, etc.
I mistakenly allowed you to sidetrack me from the subject at hand, which is the Inquisition, one of the darkest periods in the history of the Catholic church.
I don't think there was anything dark about it at all. Its records and proceedings and rules were open and are still available for inspection.
You continue to justify the forced conversion of Jews, without acknowledging that there is something inherently wrong with this practice
???? Where?
I read the link to the Sephardic history website and it doesn't support your claim at all.
http://www.sephardicstudies.org/islam.html
What is this then?
It was said that immediately after the invasion, the Jewish population of Toledo “opened the gates” of the city, welcoming the North African Muslims (Wexler 218).
Clearly it bothers you that the Inquisition occurred as it did, but nevertheless, it is what it is.
I'm not bothered by it at all. I'd like to see it back, with boy-lover Priests going up in the flames of the pyre.
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