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To: Father Terrence who wrote (42918)7/1/1999 9:30:00 PM
From: Achilles  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 108807
 
>Many governments changed people's beliefs through force: purges, executions, Inquisitions, etcetera. Go back and reread the history of Europe during the 11th to 16th Centuries.<

No. All that they were able to do was interfere with the expression or practice of a belief. They could never actually be sure that heterodox ideas were actually not held.



To: Father Terrence who wrote (42918)7/1/1999 9:56:00 PM
From: jbe  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 108807
 
Go back and reread the history of Europe during the 11th & 16th centuries.

Sure. Someone with a PhD from Oxford University has to be told to "reread the history of Europe."

What nerve.


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