The New Pope.

[KaskadskyjKozak]

Body Count

 

Just two "Pope"-sanctioned deeds listed (the ones so often cited by those wishing to espouse moral relativism):

60,000-100,000 - Sack of Jerusalem, First Crusade (1099)

15,000 (estimated) - Holy Inquisition (Europe). 1184 - 1800

 

Compare to a single communist purge:

# 20,000,000 - Great Purge (Soviet Union, 1930s) (Estimates range from 3.5 to 60 million)

# 250,000-20,000,000 - Cultural Revolution (China, 1966 - 1976 most estimates are around 1 to 2 million)

 

Quod erat demonstrandum

[Dru]

what about medieval witch hunts

[archenemy]

The witch hunt numbers are tougher to break down b/c a lot of those people were judged in secular courts. You could argue that b/c the whole thing was kicked off by the church it doesn't really matter where the victims were judged (and BBQ'd)

[rbw1966]

I wonder how those figures compare as a ration of the worlds population at those times.

[archenemy]

It certainly changed the ratio of women to men, that's for sure.

[KaskadskyjKozak]

It certainly changed the ratio of women to men, that's for sure.

 

In China, there is a shortage of women, since sons are more valued, and the "one child law" results in more aborted daughters.

[Cobra_Commander]

savages! I bet they grind their coffee with blade grinders too

[catbirdseat]

A great Andrew Sullivan quote, courtesy of dryad:

 

THE POLITICAL ANALOGY

 

"I was trying to explain last night to a non-Catholic just how dumb-struck many reformist Catholics are by the elevation of Ratzinger. And then I found a way to explain. This is the religious equivalent of having had four terms of George W. Bush only to find that his successor as president is Karl Rove. Get it now?"

[cj001f]

Body Count

 

Just two "Pope"-sanctioned deeds listed (the ones so often cited by those wishing to espouse moral relativism):

60,000-100,000 - Sack of Jerusalem, First Crusade (1099)

15,000 (estimated) - Holy Inquisition (Europe). 1184 - 1800

 

Compare to a single communist purge:

# 20,000,000 - Great Purge (Soviet Union, 1930s) (Estimates range from 3.5 to 60 million)

# 250,000-20,000,000 - Cultural Revolution (China, 1966 - 1976 most estimates are around 1 to 2 million)

 

Quod erat demonstrandum

Not so fast there. We´re missing:

The Crusades

The 30 Years War

The Conquest of S. America (papal treaty split it between Portugal & Spain, as long as they brought catholicism)

[cj001f]

A great Andrew Sullivan quote, courtesy of dryad:

 

THE POLITICAL ANALOGY

 

"I was trying to explain last night to a non-Catholic just how dumb-struck many reformist Catholics are by the elevation of Ratzinger. And then I found a way to explain. This is the religious equivalent of having had four terms of George W. Bush only to find that his successor as president is Karl Rove. Get it now?"

I´ve read several oped pieces here in S. America (Uruquay & Argentina) lamenting the election of the ¨conservative & dogmatic¨ Ratzinger, when they were hoping for a ¨reformist pope¨, a ¨new Pope John¨, a ¨Pope for the 21st century¨.

[Cobra_Commander]

his stance on public windshirt display is appallingly narrow-minded.

[tivoli_mike]

[Toast]

Looks like a strangler in a previous life

[Squid]

[ScottP]

[olyclimber]

[Alpinfox]

[glassgowkiss]

this is pseudo- history. like why in the hell extermination of Armenian citizens : http://www.armenian-genocide.org/genocidefaq.html#What