Should Christianity bring back the Inquisition?
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This is a might more serious than it looks.  \n\nDid you know that the last estimate of the death toll across Europe reached 1.3 millions souls tortured and roasted to death in the name of G-d.  Whole villages in places like Scotland were left womanless, children lost their mothers, parents their daughters.  Women and girls constituted 95% of the deaths. \n\nFor those who care to remember this is an emmotive issue.  The inquisition, sometimes known as the female holocaust, was a time when patriarchal church leaders quaked with terror at the sheer power of women, believing them to be instruments of the devil, a source of evil, bringers of impurity to men.    \n\nAs both a Jew and a woman I feel it equally important to remember them both. Lest we forget  xxxx\n\np.s.  no Im not black as well.
405212
Yes,if Christ came back,people would definately try to kill Him again,mankind hasnt changed!
1314
Its offensive to me because your people feel the need to spread the gospel(which actually means forcing your ideas on people) and throughout history many millions have been tortured and murdered because they would not accept the gospel. I am sure that you and your church buddies do have a torture chamber in the basement, but your ancestors did. Open up some history books and flip to the inquisition. It will amaze you. Even the Pope is ashamed of this period.
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Spanish_Inquisition\nYet another disgusting chapter in the history of the Catholic Church!\n\nThe Primary Cause of the Spanish Inquistion\nhttp://www.art.man.ac.uk/SPANISH/courses/sp2230/Netanyahu.html
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Depends on the Church.  Even in those days, there were people with open minds who were drawn together, but if you were not in the majority religion of the time and place you lived in and you were vocal about your dissention, you could have been imprisoned, tortured and even put to death.\n\nYou asked if 400 years ago if you could have been imprisoned.  Well, the Spanish Inquisition was only 600 years ago and many people died.  Read more about it at the first link below: \n\n400 years ago was 1606 and in those days they were still burning, drowning and hanging witches in a number of countries. In Catalonia, more than 300 witches hanged between 1616 and 1619.  (See second link)\n\nSo, speaking out against the current organized religion of the area could get you tossed in with others.
981678
I agree. \n\nThere wouldn't be America if it wasn't for Christains. Even alot of laws are based on Christianity. \n\nWe are the oldest demorcary because of that. We should defiently not change it.
1037610
If you look deeply into what the christian religion is, you'll find its a means of controlling, through fear of damnation, the general public.  the best way of controlling  people is convince them that they have a common enemy,  the devil.  Its motivates people to do things they wouldn't normaly do like kill other humans or give all their money to a church.  Anyone who doesn't believe in the church degrades the churches power over people and therefore must be hated.  This includes pagans.  That's a very very condensed version and I hope it still made sense.
1034302
This might have something to do with the Inquisition?  Spain was big on that stuff some time ago.
813373
Christianity of 200 years ago was propagated by preaching, not by the sword. Christians don't cut your head off if you refuse to become Christian.
884885
Christians have already done this... they stole children from native american homes and put them in abusive indian schools.  It didn't save them from hell, it hurt them immesureably.
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I agree about bringing back Jesus, but he really isn't dead. \n\nI would bring back Abraham Licoln, because he was cool in a crisis and he could probably help out alot with this War in Iraq.
830959
I think you can. First century Christianity is nothing like the overbloated monster that has become "Churchianity" as we know it today. To have a relationship with the Christ without the extra baggage would be very personal and probably a heck of a lot more fulfilling than joining the fan club.
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You couldn't call them neocons, they were around 2000 years ago and were part of an old, established ultra conservative religion.\n\nI think if Jesus returned, his socialist views would at least be frowned upon by the religious establishment (because crucufiction is illegal now)
109149
I would give it back to them.That is the christian way.
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It would be nice if everyone followed them.\n\nAs for the Christian response above if you bother reading the laws you will see that you all ready more or less follow them though your own religion same thing goes for Muslims. Coincidence? Maybe...
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the burning times, when they burnt witches at the steak.\n\nthe crusades. (pretty much againse everyone)\n\nlook at their treatment of the Picts and gauls when the Holy Roman empire took over the British islands. \nthey had to build a wall acrost Britan to keep the picts out of roman occupied space. (Hadrians Wall)\n\nSalem witch trials. \n\nthe destruction of Sacred Druidic groves and the construction of Abby's and Churches on the same sites. \n\nthe Demonising of all of the Pagan gods. the Christian devil is a deranged mix and match of many or the more popular Pagan Gods. \n\nthe destruction of colture and the assimilation of holidays.\nChristmas, easter, and halloween are christian holidays that were placed on top of Pagan holy days in a direct attempt to substitute the colture. \n\nlook at the horrible things that they did to the Native Americans when they got here. they lied to them, cheated them. and then tried to exterminate them. they smashed and burnt sacred lodges and killed thousands. \n\neven today they are trying to have their beliefs forced on everyone else by trying to legislate their religion as a law of man.\n\nlook at all of the Christian political pressure to ban gay marriage and abortion. \n\nis this enough or do you need dates and places, e-mail me if you do.
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The clergy had the power to do such things/and such as many do today got mixed up in politics. Clergy with 'power' are not supposed to be a part of Christianity. As you know the common people were not even allowed to possess a bible at that time. Better to keep the people terrified and ignorant is you like your 'position.'\n\nI realize that many of those tortured were Jewish or accused of being Jewish as they were good merchants. It was  mostly about GREED and POWER- not very different from what rules the world today.\n\nThey were obviously not true followers of Christ. Christianity is about equality and love of your neighbor.  We are all supposed to be equal in God's eyes.