Why were religious fanatics cruel to people long ago?

[Liliesxoxo]

Plus they made no sense. They would kill you in a horrible, painful manner in the name of God and claim that was to purify you. If so then that would be a terrible God.

Isn't burning someone the opposite of purifying? That horrible smell of flesh would be staying there stinking. But seriously why were they so cruel?

[Gent207]

For Moloch the fertility god of the Philistines
They would set a baby and a dove on fire within an furnace in the shape of the deity.
There was a location in Jerusalem where they would butchure children while still alive. Two of these priests would hold back the parents while drums played to cover their screams.
The Aztecs would hack people alive just ensure the sun would rise. They would remove beating hearts and reproductive organs.

[Liliesxoxo]

Pure evil. It sucks people like that still remain today.

[Gent207]

It's just interesting how we attack the one deity that sent his son to pay the price for the evils of mankind. Yet we attack him for the evils commited in the name when his own son said that would happen (John 16:2).
Jesus the Son of God warned us ahead of time of the steep division that will follow (Matthew 10:34).

[TheOnlyShadowQueen]

@Liliesxoxo - which religion are you blubbering about.

It's only the corrupt Abrahamic religions - Islam & Christianity - that widely prompt this mentality. And even then it is only widely Islamic practitioners that still follow such today - it is why in many Muslim countries the minorities are treated terribly.

The first of the three Abrahamic religions, Judaism, is not necessarily as barbaric as either. And other religions rarely if not never broach such practices.

[IesusHominumSalvator]

How many people killed the christian inquisition in 2000 years according to you? it was less than 70.000 degenerates that were exterminated IN MORE THAN 2000 YEARS... Basically the liberals killed more people in a few years in the french revolution than christians killing necrophiles, p3d0philes and other animals in 2000 years.

[VikingWarLord]

@IesusHominumSalvator "... Estimates of Crusade deaths range from all the way to 9 million. Because medieval societies did not always keep accurate birth and death records, it is impossible to know the exact number. Most scholars agree, however, that the total was in the millions."

And you can about imagine that the CHURCH hid most of their murders and didn't allow the public to know how many people they were TORTURING down in Castle Dungeons.

[Vesuvius87]

Humans can be the most evil animals on earth, even worse than lions or sharks. For many years, those sick people interpret and write things however they want to.
Even if there was proof that their so called ''God'' wanted them to do all those horrible deeds, then that isn't a god, that's a psychopath.

[jshm2]

The same reason political hacks and militaries are cruel to people now.

Object lessons are a necessary part of conflict.

You can't fight the whole world, it would be daft to do so. But you spread fear and dissent enough that you don't need to kill as many people.

You're still a kid. You're understand when older

[D_Bone_Steak]

Power. It was to put the fear of God in you... you as the person in the crowd watching brutal torture and whatnot. Now if you're the victim... you are being made an example out of yourself.

It boils down to power and control. It doesn't even need to be religious... crimes and public executions all served to the same purpose. A deterrence.

[ChrisMaster69]

Long ago?

https://www.businessinsider.com/isis-burned-15-people-to-death-for-trying-to-leave-fallujah-2016-4?r=US&IR=T

[TheOnlyShadowQueen]

That's nothing. Countries where Islam is the predominant religion minorities are oftentimes treated very, very poorly. It's why I am always amused by westerners saying Muslims are the victims in other countries when you will almost never hear from the actual victims such as the Yazidi

[ChrisMaster69]

@TheOnlyShadowQueen yes I know this, also never heard anyone say anyone is a victim in another country.

The news was full of the Yazidi etc

[strateguy632]

But that was not considered "bad" until western ideas spread like the "enlightenment". It was simply a way for each religion to save souls... each said "others do it so we can too" until now, now torture and beheadings are considered bad.

[VikingWarLord]

RELIGION and GOVERNMENT

The Two-Headed Dragon Monster that has PLAGUED humanity for a gazillion years.
Humanity will continue suffering so long as these two DEMONS aren't dealt with.

[IesusHominumSalvator]

Vikings are subhumans, what have they done for humanity beside pillaging killing and stealing? We christians have civilized HALF OF THE WORLD... If catholic spaniards didn't arrived to America, America would be a shithole with human sacrifices and many other demonic stuff.

[VikingWarLord]

@IesusHominumSalvator I hope you're joking.
We tried your CHRISTIAN WORLD ORDER for 1500 plus years, with you TORTURING folk down in Castle Dungeons, Drowning "witches" (who were nothing more than herbal healers and midwives) and burning folk at the stake for petty crimes like denying the Trinity. You worship this monster god who drown the entire planet, says slavery is A-OK, and will roast the majority of humans in hell-fire for all eternity. Talk about SUB-HUMAN, your God is a MONSTER and if you idiot Christ-turds could get away with it, you'd be doing all those aforementioned atrocities all over again.

[IesusHominumSalvator]

You are talking to me about some movie? answer me how many witches were killed in 2000 years by the church? What you describes sounds like game of thrones but zero history, but please tell me how many were killed by the inquisition in 2000 years please.

[VikingWarLord]

@IesusHominumSalvator Go study the Crusades and Inquisitions.
You Christians were burning folk at the stake for believing the earth was Round.
Talk about SUB-HUMAN Scum LOL

[IesusHominumSalvator]

The crusades and the inquisition? Dude how many died in the inquisition? Go Google it, but i Will answer You in advance: the liberals in the french revolution killed more people in 20 years than the inquisition killed in 2000 years..

Go to study dude... Before talking about the "inquisition"

[VikingWarLord]

@IesusHominumSalvator Go research what the "CHRISTIAN INVADERS" did to the Native Americans. it's all right there in the historical annals of Bartolome' de Las Casas. They tortured and slaughtered MILLIONS of them. And I should've picked up on your name, you're a JESUIT (Society of Jesus) hench-man. The Jesuits are the murderers and thieves running the world now. Your IHS bullshit is why the world is all fuucked up.

[RedThread]

The same reasons people are easily able to kill their enemies now. It usually involves a lot of dehumanizing propaganda. In your example, the religious leaders of the time period made non-believers and people of different faiths out to be subhuman and thus easy to kill.

[Blueeyes81]

I suppose so you would confess and be giving the chance of redemption. Mostly I think it was so you would confess to being a herotic in cohorts with the devil so they would have someone to blame for the plague, famine, flood, etc. Instead of the people in charge.

[slatyb]

Because they were sadists. They get off on torturing others. Religion Ives them an way to make it acceptable.

Not sure why you said “Long ago”. It continues today. What do you think the anti-abortion movement is really about?

[Bratsondanielle]

Cuz their invisible friends in the sky demanded that I'm sure

[SlothySlob]

What are you talking about? Religious killings are happening nowadays too. Christianity is not the only religion on Earth.

[Agape93]

Because they could be. Who's going to stop them when they control society?

[genericname85]

because they blamed their deeds on something that wasn't themself. it's bascially still the same thing with the most popular religions.

[fred_durst]

they still do , however they are now smarter on finding ways to hide it

[Jamie05rhs]

Because absolute power corrupts absolutely.

[lpoots]

started as they intended to carry on

[Anonymous]

Because religion was very powerful.