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To: xsysmgr
"Compared to other medieval secular courts, the Inquisition was positively enlightened."

Maybe, but that doesn't change the fact that the focus was to force people to believe very specific things. If nothing else, I hope they learned that you can't force someone to believe something. You can only force them to pretend they believe.

13 posted on 06/18/2004 10:07:07 AM PDT by MEGoody (Kerry - isn't that a girl's name? (Conan O'Brian))
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To: MEGoody

>>Maybe, but that doesn't change the fact that the focus was to force people to believe very specific things. If nothing else, I hope they learned that you can't force someone to believe something. You can only force them to pretend they believe.<<

Hey, it was working until the Protestants figured out to attack whenever Rome was preoccupied withe the Muslims.


94 posted on 06/18/2004 2:30:24 PM PDT by dangus
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