[BlueDragon]

in the case of France, they most certainly DID

By placing pieces of writing which you characterize as "a shot", and an "attack"? Pieces of paper with words written upon them? I'm glad you also said it was a polemic. That's more like it, if we're in any way trying to reach truth.

"So, instead of discussing, the went to attack the Catholic majority ..."

Attacking them with words written on pieces of paper?

Aye-yi-yi, well lets have us some solemn processions, lets have the King walk under the very awning which normally was carried aloft over the chalice & host during solemn religious processions, then, let's round up a half dozen of these who "attack" us with challenges to our most christian church, AND BURN THEM ALIVE. After having offered a cash reward for their capture, of course.

Here, let me fix this sentence to bring it back towards quieter sanity;

>This polemic was an attack [a polemic] and the Huguenots started this [suffered] retaliation.<

To say it they way you do, is to have the Catholics of that day be allowed to wipe their bloody hands on their victims and say "we are not responsible in the least for what we do, including murder, because Jesus loves us, but He can't stand these people who dared to openly oppose our religious/political system".

If you wish to speak of possible parallels between 16th century French Protestants and today's Islamists, please START ANOTHER THREAD. But ask yourself first --- who is it that says "there is no compulsion in religion", yet does the opposite in practice? Who in the past? (how'd that work out for them?) Who presently?

[Cronos]

BlueDragon possible parallels between 16th century French Protestants and today's Islamists,

good comparison

[Cronos]

Perhaps you didn't read this So, instead of discussing, the Huguenots went to attack the Catholic majority who until then were content to let them live and debate and discuss and debate. Incidently, until this time the Huguenots were increasing, like the Moslems in Bradford, but then they started to get shrill and wake people up with their attacks --> so, the Huguenots started the war against their nation, traitors to their nation and also started attacks on their fellow citizens...

[Cronos]

If you BD, want to talk about the topic of the thread, do that, instead why did you start with post 84 on Huguenots terror?

[Cronos]

AND BURN THEM ALIVE.

Like in Salem, eh? ok

[Cronos]

who is it that says "there is no compulsion in religion", yet does the opposite in practice?

Let's add in Calwinos to the long list of those who do...

[Cronos]

To say it the way you, BlueDragon, do, is to have the Huguenots of that day be allowed to wipe their bloody hands on their victims and say “we are not responsible in the least for what we do, including murder, because Jesus loves us, and made us elite Brahmins but He can’t stand these people who dared to openly oppose our religious/political system called Calvinism”