There is a Medaeval theme on one of the TV channels at the moment - today there was a program on the Spanish inquisition.

One of the cases it followed was that of a student, accused of heresy.

He was boiled in a cauldren of - I think it was turpentine, bitumen - and maybe camphor, something unpleasant anyway - and lasted about fifteen minutes before he died.

I really have trouble with organised religeons - you get someone going around encouraging people to live good lives and look after eachother, and a thousand years later their followers are trying to create Hell on Earth.