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Last night I noticed a girl and a guy in a discussion about religion. The guy was talking about people being killed in the name of God for not converting. I listened for a bit and when he started talking about the Spanish Inquisition I interjected. I told him that the Inquisition was in response to the presence of seditious Muslims in the Spanish government, which is something I've read about somewhere (not sure of source). I also explained that a country has the right to put to death enemies that would threaten that country, i.e. Muslims who would seek to overthrow the newly Christian Iberian peninsula and return it to Islam. The Church, if I understand correctly, did not put people to death, but handed the people over to the Spaniards who actually executed them. Was my information correct?
I was unsure what to say when he said that the Church had to have known what the Spanish were going to do. How do I defend the Inquisition?
Oh yeah, he also brought up celibacy and I shot that one down.

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i'd rather lead you to the water. its up to you to drink ;)

this is from the "History of the Church" entry of the reference section:

[b]The Inquisitions[/b]
--[url="http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08026a.htm"]Inquisition[/url]
--[url="http://www.catholic.com/library/Inquisition.asp"]The Inquisition[/url]
--[url="http://www.catholiceducation.org/links/jump.cgi?ID=977"]Beyond the Myth of the Inquisition: Ours Is the Golden Age[/url]
--[url="http://www.catholiceducation.org/links/jump.cgi?ID=957"]Inquisition[/url]
--[url="http://www.catholiceducation.org/links/jump.cgi?ID=979"]Status: Inquisition in the Catholic Church[/url]
--[url="http://www.catholiceducation.org/links/jump.cgi?ID=975"]The Inquisition[/url]
--[url="http://www.catholiceducation.org/links/jump.cgi?ID=959"]The Spanish Inquisition[/url]
--[url="http://www.catholiceducation.org/links/jump.cgi?ID=958"]The Myth of the Spanish Inquisition[/url]
--[url="http://www.catholiceducation.org/links/jump.cgi?ID=976"]The Spanish Inquisition: Fact vs. Fiction[/url]
--[url="http://www.catholiceducation.org/links/jump.cgi?ID=3930"]The Truth about the Spanish Inquisition[/url]
--[url="http://www.catholiceducation.org/links/jump.cgi?ID=2719"]The Role of the Inquisition in Europe[/url]
--[url="http://ic.net/~erasmus/RAZ366.HTM"]The Inquisition: Its Purpose and Rationale Within the MediƦval Worldview[/url]
--[url="http://members.tripod.com/~frjoe/inquisition.htm"]The Inquisition and the Church[/url]
--[url="http://www.ewtn.com/library/HOMELIBR/SPANINQ.TXT"]A New Look at the Spanish Inquisition[/url]
--[url="http://www.catholicculture.org/docs/doc_view.cfm?recnum=647"]The Spanish Inquisiton: Fact vs. Fiction[/url]
--[url="http://www.catholic.net/Catholic Church/Periodicals/Dossier/1112-96/article1.html"]Remote Motes and Present Beams: The Inquisition[/url]
--[url="http://www.catholic.net/Catholic Church/Periodicals/Dossier/1112-96/article3.html"]A New Industry: The Inquisition[/url]
--[url="http://www.catholic.net/Catholic Church/Periodicals/Dossier/1112-96/article5.html"]Inquisition on the Web[/url]
--[url="http://www.catholic.net/Catholic Church/Periodicals/Dossier/1112-96/column1.html"]Inquisition[/url]
--[url="http://www.catholicculture.org/docs/doc_view.cfm?recnum=695"]Inquisition Requires Calm, Objective Analysis[/url]
--[url="http://www.catholicapologetics.net/apolo_105.htm"]The "Holy" or "Bloody" Spanish Inquisition[/url]
--[url="http://www.geocities.com/militantis/inquisition2.html"]The Holy Inquisition: Myth or Reality?[/url]
--[url="http://www.cuf.org/nonmemb/inquichurch.pdf"]Inquisition in the Catholic Church[/url]
--[url="http://www.catholicapologetics.info/inquist.htm"]The Inquisition[/url]
--[url="http://www.ewtn.com/library/ANSWERS/INQUIS2.htm"]Inquisitive about the Inquisition[/url]
--[url="http://www.catholic.net/Catholic Church/Periodicals/Dossier/1112-96/column3.html"]One Cheer for Inquisitions[/url]
--[url="http://www.ewtn.com/library/ANSWERS/INQUISIT.htm"]Questions Concerning the Spanish Inquisition[/url]
--[url="http://www.catholic.net/Catholic Church/Periodicals/Dossier/1112-96/column2.html"]Tough Love[/url]

pax christi,
phatcatholic

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thanks for the directions. I am finding that a lot of what I told this guy was actually true, for which I am greatly relieved.

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