Whoa: My only point is that the notion that the Protestants had been picked on first was ridiculous. Some of the violent actions ranged from tragically unjust at worst (Waldensians, as I specifically noted) to politically primitive at best (the Albigensian death cult). But civilization itself was at stake in several cases, and the notion that British cultural genocide is somehow justified by Catholic mistreatment of the Albigensian sodomite death cult is just wierd.
And yes, I do mean “death cult.” The “perfecti” perfected themselves by literally starving themselves TO DEATH. And that was doctrinally necessary. That Foxe’s Book of Martyrs calls these nutjobs orthodox Christians is just simply a matter of Foxe’s rabid temperament.
And yes, I do mean “death cult.” The “perfecti” perfected themselves by literally starving themselves TO DEATH. And that was doctrinally necessary.
Yes, the Cathars were indeed "politically primitive" compared to the Catholics. History proves that - The Catholics not only exterminated every man, woman and child Cathar, literally millions of people, but continued their cold-blooded massacres for over forty years to get the job done, and they also now lay claim to being the "official" source for Cathar beliefs. Now THAT is political sophisitication!
And then, literally drenched in blood of millions, what do the Catholics still call the Cathars? A "death cult"?
Good God.
Even if you are right about the "perfecti" starving themselves (and you're not, it was only used in extreme old age, illness or injury), the perfecti were a vanishingly small minority of the Cathars. Literally hundreds, versus millions of believers.
So, the Catholics generationally exterminated millions of Cathars to SAVE them. Yep. And to SAVE civilization, no less.
I find your shamelessness beyond ugly - it is anethema before God.
I am done here - brag about your blood feast without me.