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Dionys1 year, 8 months ago

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"Witch burning, the sadistic extermination of hundreds of thousands of women by the Catholic Church simply because those women were accused of keeping the pre-christian faith. "
Sorry. Most pagan crapola is made up modernist romantic interpretation of the very little information we have remaining regarding pre-Christian 'pagan' religion.
They were burned because of zealots and nutjobs within the Church, usualy because of medicinal and folkloric practice that seemed like 'magic' because it worked outside of the established theology of the Catholic church.
It's simply silly to say they were burned because they were "keeping the pre-Christian faith." Not to mention inaccurate.

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  Natureboy1 year, 8 months ago
  
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  "usualy because of medicinal and folkloric practice that seemed like 'magic' because it worked outside of the established theology of the Catholic church."
  And where do you suppose they got those medicinal and folkloric practices?
  Trying to present them as somehow distinct from pre-christian beliefs is simply a false dichotomy.
  
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    memestryker1 year, 8 months ago
    
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    The Presbyterians and some others did their share, too. Let's give credit where it's due!
    It was also just a ploy to grab land and property of independent widows or daughters of wealthy men who had passed away.
    
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