[Texas Songwriter]

You saying it is idiocy does not remove the stain to the Inquisitions ordered by the Popes and carried out by his appointees. Look at the persecution of the Albigenians, Cathars, the Lopers. Wycliff, Hus, the witch hunts of the 15th century, the treatment of Jews in Spain by the Popes. Check out the Cardinal Juan de Torquemada (a particularly nice fellow), the Portugal Inquisition, then the Lutherans, the Lollards, Calvin, and so much more. Before you shoot of your mouth why don’t you try reading a little history and present the facts, not your invective. Once you begin with invective, devoid of logic and reason, you have lost the debate. Don’t write back to me.

[ifinnegan]

It’s hard to believe you can be so bereft of any mathematical or numerical ability, or ability to think and analyze critically or rationally.

70 - 100 million is a very large number, my friend.

[cherry]

and you my friend are speaking of times when the govt's of certain countries basically owned the church, and vice versa....

ever hear of Thomas More?...