The Roman Catholic Inquisition under monk Dominic at the order of Pope Innocent III lasted from 1233 until the 1900s. It is still operating under a euphemistic term for "Holy" Office of censorship. 1n 1814 Napoleon banned French religionist thugs punishing unbelievers and stealing their property for the church, as it also did to confiscate gold from First Native Americans. But a few years later the Inquisition was active again.
Dear Ones,
The Roman Catholic Church imprisoned so many people who would not confirm to church dogmas that there was not enough room to incarcerate them. So the church and state working in cahoots with one another burned over 2000 innocent people alive! Anyone not aware of world history has no clue about the danger of rapid religion. The present Tea Party is reverting back to medieval mindsets and poses new threats of breaking constitutional rule of an iron wall between church and state. Once the camel gets its nose into the tent, it's in like Flynn.
Besides the bloody Crusades and the cross-bearing Inquisition the absolutist, proselytizing church for nine centuries actively forced terrorism on innocent people. This punishment included stretching to death heretics, what meant unbelievers, as well as burning them alive at the stake. Even Michael Servetus died this way, a scientist and scholar who improved pulmonary medical advances. This subhuman evil was committed at the order of John Calvin, a Protestant protestor against the radical extremist Catholic Church
When Catholic Spain got into the business of ruthless brutality the king and queen threw out all Jews from their nation. At this time when they sent Christopher Columbus around the world for a new trade route, the Inquisition became even more sinister by exterminating Hebrew people as they also banned them from Spain. At that time the rallying cry of Christians was, "Jews killed our God."
Religion is independent of reason, thinking and common sense.
"A divorce between church and state should be absolute."–President James Garfield
Mame,
helenesmith1.blogspot.com poet, author of the Supreme Grand Inquisitor, Spanish TORQUEMADA
