tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2601639312234106733.post8678822615893620042..comments2023-11-10T22:27:47.359-05:00Comments on Eye on a Crazy Planet: Declarations condemning Honor Killings don't deserve praiseRichard Khttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10239826441964023625noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2601639312234106733.post-56023523523875649192011-12-11T10:42:48.376-05:002011-12-11T10:42:48.376-05:00One only has to look at England in the Middle Ages...One only has to look at England in the Middle Ages through to the late Renaissance, which has a wealth of recorded, verifiable history, to see that the burning and killing of heretics was a distinct feature of both the Catholic and Protestant Church. And if people chose to be tried by the Inquisition, it was for civil or crimiunal cases that the Church took less seriously than the state. No one chose to be tried by the Inquisition for religious crimes and the fact that such crimes existed makes my point.<br /><br />The purpose of this is not to blame the Church today for what happened 5 centuries ago. To be reasonable, one has to look at the historical context rather than judge by contemporary standards. But my point is that, in a historical context, Islam is not alone in using religion as an excuse for temporal barbarity. In fact, in medieval times, Islam was generally much more tolerant in its treatment of people of other religions than the Catholic Church. The issue is that Christianity, or really more to the point, western culture has evolved more than the cultures in predominantly Islamic countries.Richard Khttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10239826441964023625noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2601639312234106733.post-49909844316427386652011-12-11T02:31:10.640-05:002011-12-11T02:31:10.640-05:00Just as an aside, a lot of the torture and witch b...Just as an aside, a lot of the torture and witch burning claims are myths or examples of presentism. <a href="http://brothersjuddblog.com/archives/2004/06/nobody_expects_the_truth_about_1.html" rel="nofollow">Link</a><br /><br /><a href="http://departments.kings.edu/womens_history/witch/werror.html" rel="nofollow">Link</a> <br />for just a couple of examples. Many of the witch burnings, for example (which were a lot fewer than claimed) were actually done by secular courts, not religious. Much of what we've been taught about those times are actually based on Protestant anti-Catholic propoganda.<br /><br />During the inquistions, people actually prefered to be tried by the inquisitors rather than the civil courts because they knew the inquisitors were more likely to be fair, and actually cared about evidence. Inquisitors, btw, all had to be laywers, but they did not have to be clerics, and they only dealt with heresy. Anything else was turned over to civil law. Civil courts were far harsher then those of the inquisitors.Kunoichihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08548985882557242941noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2601639312234106733.post-70526292162741801472011-12-10T23:18:08.280-05:002011-12-10T23:18:08.280-05:00The conquest of Canaan may not be exactly as detai...The conquest of Canaan may not be exactly as detailed in the book of Joshua, at least as far as the accounts of miracles go, but there is a lot of historical and archeological evidence to support the basic facts of it. Plus some reliable accounts of ancient stoning penalties.Richard Khttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10239826441964023625noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2601639312234106733.post-58856076017923469522011-12-10T22:18:35.865-05:002011-12-10T22:18:35.865-05:00You refer to the bible when you say Judaism has a ...You refer to the bible when you say Judaism has a detailed history of violence. Do you have any evidence for any of these stories? The bible is not history.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com