they did not resist nor did they arm to defend themselves. Did they? There seems to be some kind of principle in practice here.
Yet the Catholic Church tortured, maimed and killed many defensless, innocent victimes during the Inquisition.
How do you reconcile this blatant inconsistency?
"Yet the Catholic Church tortured, maimed and killed many defensless, innocent victimes during the Inquisition." Reconcile it? Don't be a fool. I don't reconcile it at all. Such actions, by anyone, at any time, were, and are, heinous crimes and damnable sins.