re: #436 Bagua

Ludwig, I have clarified that statement several times already. In fact the approximately 355 year duration of the Spanish inquisition is a “short” part of the 2,000 year history of the Catholic Church/blockquote>

What the fuck? How is 355/2000— or 17.75%— of the Catholic Church’s history a short period of time?

or the some 1,400 years during which there have been Islamic war.

Why compare the Inquisition to Islamic war, and not the many religious wars that happened in Europe? Wouldn’t that be a better comparison?

I most certainly do not make any excuses for the evils of the Inquisition. It is wrong to continue to insist that I did.

You claimed it was an exception to the normal practice of the Catholic Church. It was not an exception. It was a more opulent display of something constantly there throughout the history of the Church.