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Could you list specific genocides you feel were mandated by the catholic church? What were the motives of the church to commit genocide? Are you conflating the
by throwawaygal7 5y ago
Could you list specific genocides you feel were mandated by the catholic church? What were the motives of the church to commit genocide? Are you conflating the Spanish and Portuguese conquests with catholic church mandated genocide?
I used to be of your view but now I look at the Jesuit reductions and wonder if I might have been inheriting some black legend ideas from the last couple centuries.
- honkycat 5y ago- Catholic schools in Ireland - Catholic schools in Canada - Catholic schools in Australia - The Nyarubuye massacre Or do things conducted by catholic organizations on catholic property not meet your goalpost?
- throwawaygal7 5y agoAnd you think the above are genocides like the Armenian genocide or the holocaust? Organized and mandated as an official part of the church trying to eliminate a certain ethnic or national group? The only one that seems to fit the bill is the ethnic cleansing in Rawanda which didn't enjoy support of the international church hierarchy and is pretty recent. EDIT: This is actually a terrible example, the massacre happened at a catholic church where lay people and religious sisters were killed by another ethnic group. this is not fairly a 'catholic church' genocide but rather a masssacre at a catholic church during an existing genocide. Was the purpose and intent of the school systems were to kill the pupils? I'm unconcinced the narrarive around the schools in Canada is pretty weak too - theres really no way to call that a genocide without deliberately hiding some or all of the facts. I'll have to double check but I think you're stretching things a good bit.
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