[steve-b]

Puh-leeze. The claim of only 100 murders per year for all of Europe during the inquisitions and witch hunts does not pass the laugh test.

[ClearCase_guy]

Why don’t you tell us the real number then?

[Thorin]

Current historical scholarship suggests that the number of people exectuted by the Spanish Inquisition over its history of nearly 400 years is approximately 3,000 to 5,000: takimag.com/blogs/article/i_confess_i_dont_understand_why_some_atheists_are_so_angry/

There are also documented instances of persons in royal courts blaspheming so that they would be transferred to the jurisdiction of inquisatorial courts, which were less severe than royal courts.

[Thorin]

Here’s the correct link on the Inquisition: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spanish_inquisition

[MrEdd]

Puh-leeze. The claim of only 100 murders per year for all of Europe during the inquisitions and witch hunts does not pass the laugh test.

The standard for accuracy isn't laughing however, It is the historical record.

Like the Third Reich, the inquisition saw nothing wrong with what it was doing and kept extensive records of it's activities. See my previous post on Geoffry Parker's research.