[quote=Allan from Fallbrook][quote=bubba99]
Do the Crusades ring a bell?
How about the Inquisition?[/quote]
Wow. So, the Crusades were “terrorism”? I’d opine on the Inquisition, but I’m not entirely sure which Inquisition you’re speaking of.
The Roman Inquisition? The Spanish? Portuguese? Which one? The Papal Inquisition?
Good Lord. First off, actually read some history, and, second, COMPREHEND what you’re reading. Failing that, watch some Monty Python. They covered the Spanish Inquisition quite nicely (“nobody expects the Spanish Inquisition”), including Torquemada and the Comfy Chair.
As a Catholic, it never ceases to amaze me how truly ignorant the supposedly “learned” are.[/quote]
I am courious, do you see the Crusades as simply the church trying to educate the miss-informed? By way of the sword?
And which Inquisition is less important than the “Terror” which the church created in the population – fear that they would be next. How do you see the Inquisitions (even the ones parodied in Monte Python) if not as terrorism?
And yes, I see both as Terrorism. Most violence done in the name of the church or patriotism is likely within my definition of Terrorism.
And it does surprise me that some Catholics still refuse to accept the sins of church as real. Both in the dark ages, and currently with the “social” problems so often in the news.