For some reason fate keeps putting these books etc. in my path relating somewhat to Spanish Inquisition, Templars etc..I am not seeking them out.

I think we need to look at allover evil that has existed in the church and shine a light on it.

one thing I heard of exactly once was that in some parish in east cost US the priests used to essentially draft the exhausted working men of the parish to work after hours on building the church. They had no say in the matter. I say far better to worship in a tent if you have to and leave abuse of working men out of the picture..and from how it was described it was definitely abuse.

I read some bad Irish stuff too..post=famine..looking up information on Dunquin and Blasket Islands...people..perhaps soupers..were denied passage too and from the Islands..and the congragation of Catholics was forbidden to give them rides in boats..or to buy and sell from them etc. It was quite cruel.

I don't know how much the potato famine has to do with all this, but I would say a lot..and I don't know how much the Inquisition has on any of this..probably not toomuch in the Irish church but certainly it must on South American and Italian and Spanish etc. There is a sadistic streak that is there and should be routed out. mg