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1. doc_cathode Says:
   April 19th, 2005 at 9:03 pm

   Could you be more specific? Also, you must phrase your response in the form of a question.

2. deeblite Says:
   April 20th, 2005 at 12:36 am

   What’s going to happen when he re-starts the crusades?

3. doc_cathode Says:
   April 20th, 2005 at 3:09 pm

   I’m guessing that the most likely outcome to such a papal nuncio (or would it be a papal bull?) would be laughter on a massive scale.

   The lack of weapons, ammunition, vehicles, gas, suport networks etc would also pose a problem.

4. deeblite Says:
   April 20th, 2005 at 10:27 pm

   Ok, what about the inquisition?

5. doc_cathode Says:
   April 22nd, 2005 at 1:23 pm

   I ain’t posting the obvious Monty Python quote.

   More seriously, Marvin Harris among others makes a very good case that the Inquisition’s real purpose was to purge the Church of heretical sects (Cathars, Gnostics, etc) and to wag the dog. The middle ages had plenty of peasant uprisings and sects claiming the Church had become greedy and corrupt. The nobility and the Church responded by creatng an enemy- the witch. Why do the duke and the Church need all those taxes? It’s not that they’re greedy, they need the money to fight the witches.

   Today, (I would imagine this is thanks to Martin Luther, but I could be wrong) most sects that the RCC would deem heretical have seperated from the Church and no longer recognize its authority. Additionally, most governments no longer recognize the Church’s right to arrest, jail, try, torture, or execute anybody.

   But, I would expect you to be worried about a new Inquisition. I’ve seen that blasphemous Holy Mother Deedlit shrine you have. I may not be Catholic, but even I know that Pocky are not acceptable communion wafers.