No wonder Catholic church and right wing pundits want to go back to medieval times because this was the time when bishops wore £18k rings on their fingers which they earned by exploiting peasants.
Quote:Medieval ring found by detectorist could make £18k
A Medieval bishop's ring found by a retired firefighter in a Norfolk field is expected to fetch up to £18,000 at auction.
The gold ring, which has a central hexagonal cabochon sapphire with two emeralds and two garnets, was uncovered by detectorist Mark Sell, 63, in King Row, Shipdham, in 2019.
Mr Sell said he was "amazed" when he spotted some gold glistening in the mud and planned to split the money with the landowner.
The ring, which dates from the late 12th to early 13th Century, will go under the hammer at Noonans Mayfair on 26 March.
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/ckgzm3857emo
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teachings of the Bible are so muddled and self-contradictory that it was possible for Christians to happily burn heretics alive for five long centuries. It was even possible for the most venerated patriarchs of the Church, like St. Augustine and St. Thomas Aquinas, to conclude that heretics should be tortured (Augustine) or killed outright (Aquinas). Martin Luther and John Calvin advocated the wholesale murder of heretics, apostates, Jews, and witches. - Sam Harris, "Letter To A Christian Nation"
