(December 15, 2020 at 3:52 pm)Greatest I am Wrote:(December 15, 2020 at 3:19 pm)BrianSoddingBoru4 Wrote: Probably none. If they killed any atheists at all, it was done incidentally, and not because they were atheists.
Boru
I cannot intelligently agree.
Regards
DL
True, but you can ignorantly disagree.
None of the various inquisitions targeted atheists for being atheists. The were charged only with investigating cases of Catholic heresy, specifically Jews or Muslims who may have falsely converted to Christianity to save their skins. The Spanish and Portuguese inquisitions, for instance, were expressly prohibited from targeting anyone who was not a self-professed Christian.
Given that less than 3% of all people ever brought before an Inquisitorial Tribunal were executed, coupled with the fact the open atheists were a pretty rare bird in those days, it seems extremely unlikely that more than a tiny handful of atheists were executed.
But perhaps I’m wrong (it’s been known to happen), so I’ll reconsider my position if you can give me just three examples of atheists executed by the inquisitions for the crime of atheism.
Take your time.
Boru
