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Originally Posted by Looger
hey martin luther and his buddy (can't remember the dude's name) wrote 'the book' on witches, and proceeded to clean out entire german towns of women as under torture they fingered each other as having had congress with the beast... i just don't see the catholic shurch as anything but the vehicle by which the rich/powerful dominated the ignorant/poor masses. i talk to people all the time that carry some kind of grudge against the vatican, boy are they missing the point!
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That's a pretty good point. the Catholic Church often gets nailed with the "witch hunt", when in fact, most witch trials were conducted by protestants and reformists. This myth was made larger by the book/movie "The D'avinci Code" which tries to legitimize it's claim of woman hate, by pinning the witch hunts on Catholics.
Don't get me wrong, the Catholic Church has done a lot to be frowned upon, but a lot of it is just legend as well.