please explain..

Submitted by donvan (United States), Jun 22, 2011 at 23:08

Your contention that millions were killed by the inquisition. That assertion is not founded in fact. The crusades were a well intentioned effort to protect the Holy land from Muhammedism. This violent and barbaric ideology has not modified its dogma, or reformed itself into a reasoned religious/political ideology. Witness the wars we have now, practically completely fueled by the teachings of Muhammed, a camel merchant.

Your description of the "Inquisition" killing "Millions" is absurd. The inquisition was indeed a dark period in the history of the Church. Most estimates place the actual number of killings during the Inquisition was in the hundreds. It was because of the excesses of the Church-State that the founders of these United States insisted that we do not go down the road to theocracy, as the Muhammedians advocate.

best regards

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