Catholic's way of proving that their god exists.

[Gawen]

NO ONE SUSPECTS THE SPANISH INQUISITION!

LOL  Now this thread's been made, that quote had to happen sometime Though I think, if I'm correct in thinking that you're quoting Monty Python, it's 'expects' and not 'suspects'. Everybody but the Catholics suspect the Spanish Inquisistion

"Those were the Catholics of old. We're not like that anymore."

[DeterminedJuliet]

NO ONE SUSPECTS THE SPANISH INQUISITION!

LOL  Now this thread's been made, that quote had to happen sometime Though I think, if I'm correct in thinking that you're quoting Monty Python, it's 'expects' and not 'suspects'. Everybody but the Catholics suspect the Spanish Inquisistion

NO ONE SUSPECTS TO EXPECT THE SPANISH INQUISITION!

[highway17]

Actually, we had a day where we talked about the Spanish Inquisition, and the priest basically passed the blame to the Muslims, saying "the Catholic's didn't really do that much...they we're fighting in the name of God, our almightly lord and savior." Well, if a Lutheran came-a-knockin' at my door telling me to convert or get out of the state I live in, yeah I'd be a bit pissed too.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spanish_Inquisition

[xSilverPhinx]

"Those were the Catholics of old. We're not like that anymore."

True, people aren't allowed to actually burn others these days...

Actually, we had a day where we talked about the Spanish Inquisition, and the priest basically passed the blame to the Muslims, saying "the Catholic's didn't really do that much...they we're fighting in the name of God, our almightly lord and savior." Well, if a Lutheran came-a-knockin' at my door telling me to convert or get out of the state I live in, yeah I'd be a bit pissed too.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spanish_Inquisition

They blame the secular powers, who would execute some that were found guilty of heresy, which of course, is a religious offense.

The type who don't want to get their hands, from palm to fingers, dirty.

[Sweetdeath]

Yeah, those catholics are such NICE people, not responsible for anything.  e_e

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boot_(torture)

[Too Few Lions]

nothing going on here, just a friendly bit of Bible study...

[highway17]

I remember when I was younger, I would go back and forth between "the catholics aren't that bad, some priests are nice" to "the catholic church is absolutely horrible."



They are absolutely horrible. People are nice, the church isn't, with all the stuff they shrug off. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catholic_sex_abuse_cases

It kinda makes you wonder, does this religion know what they're doing? Do they blantently shrug this stuff off, or is their mind so locked down, that they're just robots muttering the same excuse of "God does this, and God does that" etc.

[The Magic Pudding]

nothing going on here, just a friendly bit of Bible study...

That picture is often wrongly attributed to the church.
It is actually a portrayal of an early meeting of the chiropractors guild.
There were of course close links between guild and church during the inquisition, some scholars even claim there were plans to absorb the guild as an order within the church.  Both parties now deny this, but whatever the truth of the matter it is undeniable the church's need for the guild's services declined rapidly with the demise of the inquisition. 

[highway17]

I always knew Chiropractors weren't really doctor's...

[xSilverPhinx]

I always knew Chiropractors weren't really doctor's...

Yeah, they just like to call themselves "Dr". Those evil chiro hands!

[Sweetdeath]

So scary @ photo.  D:

[Too Few Lions]

to be fair, I heard the chap on the wheel never had any problems with his back again, he was cured for good. I do like the chiropractor on the left who's avidly taking notes, maybe it was a university class.

[Gawen]

Hold on a tic....you may have it all wrong. That looks suspiciously like an early stress test. Apparently, the picture shows the victim...ummm...I mean, patient is not stressed enough, hence the coals and bellows. The man taking notes is clearly a doctor.
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This could also be seen as a treatment for scoliosis and the heat is used to soften the bones in the body.
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It has been purported that this picture is a depiction of an obscure and mostly hitherto unknown medievil (pun intended) society of cannibals living in the Urals. The towel was draped over the main dish's unmentionables and kept wet as that part was eaten raw. Females were never eaten because females were the sole creators of the food source. The man with the paper and pen is not a man at all, but a woman and the chief cook. The beard and male pattern baldness were indications of extreme levels of testosterone most likely brought about from eating exclusively male food.

[DeterminedJuliet]

I remember when I was younger, I would go back and forth between "the catholics aren't that bad, some priests are nice" to "the catholic church is absolutely horrible."



They are absolutely horrible. People are nice, the church isn't, with all the stuff they shrug off. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catholic_sex_abuse_cases

It kinda makes you wonder, does this religion know what they're doing? Do they blantently shrug this stuff off, or is their mind so locked down, that they're just robots muttering the same excuse of "God does this, and God does that" etc.

My Dad recently attended a meeting for Catholics about the sex abuse scandals. His position was that the church should stop settling out of court and start actually fighting some of the accusations because, surely, "some of the people must be making it up." Because yes, surely, so many grown men (and women) want to identify as being sexually assaulted, have their past and personal life totally invaded, possibly be ostracized from their church entirely, just to make a quick buck.

Maybe, but I think it's more likely that the church settles out of court a lot of the time because they KNOW how many sex abuse cases there are and they KNOW that not everyone has come forward. If there are more investigations, everyone might see how deep the rabbit hole really goes.

[Too Few Lions]

If there are more investigations, everyone might see how deep the rabbit hole really goes.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jh-Ecttsn3o

I hope the pope watches South Park!