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Your comparison is factually incorrect. The documented death rate of the inquisitions is on the order of 4500 people over 400 years [1]. That’s a rate of 11 pe
by requin246 5y ago
Your comparison is factually incorrect.
The documented death rate of the inquisitions is on the order of 4500 people over 400 years [1]. That’s a rate of 11 people per year.
Aztec sacrifice estimates are on the scale of 20,000 to 250,000 per year. [2]
In actual fact, the Aztecs are in a far worse light than the Dominicans and Franciscans. The Nazi comparison is valid. There’s no society on earth that would end innocent life on that scale for another 500 years.
[1]: https://history.stackexchange.com/questions/39443/what-was-the-death-toll-during-the-inquisition https://history.stackexchange.com/questions/39443/what-was-t...
[2]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human_sacrifice_in_Aztec_culture https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human_sacrifice_in_Aztec_cultu...
- ncmncm 5y agoYou are perhaps unfamiliar with the quote translated, "Kill them all. God will know his own." The Albigensians alone numbered more than 4500.