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Junbals @Junbals (1421) • Philippines 15 Apr 19

I find one of the most controversial regulatory bodies of the Church in the Middle Ages was definitely the so-called Inquisition. Sometimes called "God's Jury", the inquisition was centralized in Rome in 1542. It aimed at...

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New Word Study Abacination

Arthur Chappell @arthurchappell (44941) • Preston, England 10 Jun 18

Today's new word are pretty horrible ones as to Abacinate someone is to blind them in a particularly brutal, painful method of torture. It was a common practice in Arab nations and among medieval inquisitions. Abacination is not...

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Witchcraft In The Bible.

Arthur Chappell @arthurchappell (44941) • Preston, England 13 May 17

The Bible carries the notorious line ‘Thou shall not suffer a witch to live’ a line often used to justify the arrest, trial, torture, persecution and execution of suspected witches in Europe and America through to the 18th...

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Short Science Fiction Story Review – Roseann Rabinowitz – The Bells Of The Harelle

Arthur Chappell @arthurchappell (44941) • Preston, England 14 Oct 15

2015 – Mammoth – Robinson’s Press – Spoiler alerts A story covering more than 30 years from 1382 to 1414. During the rise of the Spanish Inquisition, a group of heretical radicals wage a war of attrition against their hard-line...

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Short Horror Story Review – Jaine Fenn – The Sky Weeps, The Earth Quakes

Arthur Chappell @arthurchappell (44941) • Preston, England 12 Oct 15

Mammoth / Robinson’s Press 2015 – Spoiler alerts. An inquisitor serving the Spanish Conquistadors interrogates an Inca tribal chief, hoping to find the location of the fabled El Dorado, a city of gold. The Chieftain has not given...

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Why Christians Are Largest Population?

Secret @IntrovertShy (2780) • Marikina, Philippines 28 Feb 11

Why Christians are largest population here on earth? What did Christians do? Based from what I heard, from the past, they have had lots of inquisition for those who do not follow Jesus Christ and that is why, Christians population...

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Inquisition -Filipino Survey Panel. Ever heard of this?

jonnifc @jonnifc (1017) • Philippines 17 Sep 10

Is any one of you familiar with this site? I will provide the link for those who don't know it. If you know anything about this site, if it's legit or not, please share with us. Thanks in advance! (This is not a referal link. I...

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Faith and Science: Who killed more?

ParaTed2k @ParaTed2k (22940) • Sheboygan, Wisconsin 2 Jun 09

I was reading an article the other day. The author said that spiritual people and religion was the root of all evil in the world. He cited all the usual suspects in such a bit of prose; The witch hunts, the Inquisition, the...

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People are still being burned for witchcraft!

Riptide @Riptide (2755) • United States 21 May 07

A couole in India has been burned alive after being accused of practicing witchcraft. I thought the Inquisition was long gone, but apparently not. It seems it is still ongoing in some countries.I fing this highly disturbing and...

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The "Notorious" Malleus Maleficarum

pyewacket @pyewacket (43903) • United States 11 May 07

Since I recently did a discussion about the modern day witch burning in India that was in the news...it got me to thinking about mankinds' fears about witchcraft in general...Now from what I understand "witch hunts" are still...

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Christians emphasise on what u believe and is this whtat u believe..?

cuteboy @cuteboy (170) • India 9 May 07

Will the red Indians who are killed by the USA,by the early settlers 5oo yrs ago go to hell as they did not know and has not accepted Christ,will the aborigines who were subjected to genocide killed about 200 yrs ago in Australia...