Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!usc!apple!fernwood!uupsi!njin!paul.rutgers.edu!aramis.rutgers.edu!athos.rutgers.edu!christian From: ldh@eedsp.gatech.edu (Lonnie D Harvel) Newsgroups: soc.religion.christian Subject: The Ongoing Inquisition Message-ID: Date: 3 May 91 06:50:32 GMT Sender: hedrick@athos.rutgers.edu Organization: Georgia Institute of Technology - DSP Lines: 27 Approved: christian@aramis.rutgers.edu [In response to a condemnation of the Inquisition, Dennis Parker said > There certainly was no excuse for the Spanish Inquistion. But before > we get too excited about bashing the Catholic church for its indiscretions, > let's remember that Christians of all stripes have engaged in persecutions > of others. How does the Inquistion differ from the Salem witch trials > in spirit? --clh] The Inquistion is part of the history of christianity. Though it is a part we would like to forget, we can never afford to. The continual persecution which we christians engage in does nothing but harm the mission which I believe is ours. How can we teach a doctrine of forgiveness, when we live a doctrine of judgement? How can we teach truth, if we ignore reason and knowledge? How can we teach salvation, if all we offer is condemnation? The Inquisition is not uniquely Catholic it is christian. And it is not a thing of the past, but continues to rend the body of the Church. It is the responsibility of every christian to end it. ldh -- The comments and spelling herein are mine and nobody else lays claim to them. ================================================================ Lonnie D. Harvel | ldh@eedsp.gatech.edu