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Originally Posted by The Batlord
No it's not. Remembering the past to understand the present is important, but we're still living in the present, and so the Inquisition is not relevant except how it directly affects the present.
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Disagree. We always look to the past for inspiration. Who knows, maybe some ISIS militants look to horrors the Christians did in the past to infidels to justify some of their horrendous actions today.
ISIS crucifies people. They're not the first to do it.
ISIS burns people alive. They're not the first to do it.
And anyway, my point is that any Christian who looks at extreme Islamist militants as an aberration of humanity, needs to understand it's nothing new. We just should all be thankful that they don't have the same power and influence as those who committed the horrors 500 years ago had.