(June 3, 2011 at 8:12 pm)Statler Waldorf Wrote: Everything I can find says the inquisition time period lasted around 350 years, which is what I originally posted.
The last execution of the Spanish Inquisition that we know of took place in the 1800s. That is 700 years, not 300.
(June 3, 2011 at 8:12 pm)Statler Waldorf Wrote: I figured you’d take this hypocritical approach.
Nothing about what you describe below is hypocritical. I have never once presumed to tell you who is Christian and who is not based only on my opinion. The only time I refer to someone as a Christian is when they have referred to themselves thusly. Oh, and all of those quotes you regurgitated at Min say nothing about whether he considered himself a Christian or not.
(June 3, 2011 at 8:12 pm)Statler Waldorf Wrote: Here you are, saying that people who clearly violated the teachings of Christ (killing and torturing their fellow man) were somehow followers of Christ.
Christ saw nothing wrong with condemning people to hell. That is torture. So, how again does torture go against his teachings?
(June 3, 2011 at 8:12 pm)Statler Waldorf Wrote: When I point out how ridiculous this is, then you tell me that I have no right to say who is and who is not a follower of Christ.
Not based on the criteria you give. A Christian is a person who has been chosen by god. That is quite clear in the bible. You find god, you become a Christian. Not, Stat gave me the seal of approval, so now I am a Christian. I wonder, how many crusaders did the church see fit to canonize? Looks like they were Christians, bitch.
(June 3, 2011 at 8:12 pm)Statler Waldorf Wrote: Well that of course would apply to you too even though you seem to think you’re the expert.
You presume to know what I think now? You really a self important fucker, aren't you?
(June 3, 2011 at 8:12 pm)Statler Waldorf Wrote: All I know is a person’s works are a testament of their saving faith
How do you know that? How do you know that god didn't tell them to do what they did? How do you know that they didn't find god?
(June 3, 2011 at 8:12 pm)Statler Waldorf Wrote: the people you are pointing to displayed immoral works, so it is highly doubtful they had saving faith. You have still not provided to me where Jesus taught his followers to kill witches and Muslims.
How do you know god didn't "will it," as they so loved to claim?
Interestingly, I never said that Jesus told his followers to kill witches and Muslims. I have no burden of proof. You wildly asked me to prove this to show that Jesus gave the go ahead for the Crusades and Inquisitions. Interestingly, I never said that, either. All I said was that those people were Christians. You are the one who made up the false criteria for being a Christian. I found my criteria for it in your holy book. So, I am not going to hunt for proof of something I never said. You still have not admitted that you pulled your insane statistics out of your ass. You went from a combination of the death tolls of Crusades and the Inquisitions were less than one day in Cambodia during the genocide. Then, you only counted less than half of the Inquisition years and changed your tune to a week, instead of a day. Fuck that, Stat. Why should I provide you with anything when you are just making shit up as you go? Your debates are filled with half truths and dishonesty. Don't even bother replying. I am entirely sick of having to pull teeth to get a fact out of you and tired of you putting up strawmen and then asking me to prove them when I never even suggested them.