What's fascinating about this article is that it isn't what you think it is -- if you're expecting a modern historical reexamination, showing that the Inquisition wasn't what we thought it was, you're going to be mistaken. This is a modern historical reexamination showing that the Inquisition was exactly what you thought it was, and a detailed argument that this is a good thing, and ought to be reinstituted.
I wasn't expecting that.
February 11 2009, 02:05:59 UTC 6 years ago
"Prior to the French Revolution, anti-inquisitorial discourse was the province of the Protestants." Well, the Jews didn't like it much, but who listens to them?
Somebody pointed out the other day that the Pope claims he just doesn't like schism ... but he's not making any moves to reconcile with the people who were being excommunicated for being too liberal.
Gimme that old time religion.