[OLD REGGIE]

no longer have the power to burn them at the stake

You mean like what happened to Michael Servetus, the Unitarian who was burnt at the stake by Calvin?

Certainly. I make no excuses for cruelty practiced by the so-called "Religious". Do you?

[Cronos]

In modern times, say in the past century or so, I don't condone any violence. What happened in the 16th century is well, a different thing --> we can't judge them by our standards.

Similarly, I think what Cromwell did to the Irish Catholics or what happened to Catholics in England or what happened to them in Poland under the Germans was historical, was bad, but well, it happened. I will not blame modern day Protestants for what happened then -- I do not even blame under 50 year old Germans for what happened in Poland in WWII, you can't.