Comments by "Iain Rendle" (@iainrendle7989) on "The Shocking Origins Of The Spanish Inquisition | Secret Files Of The Inquisition | Chronicle" video.

  1. Have to love ignorance.....am sure its what makes the world wobble. As already stated by another commentator what we know as Spain today is peopled by invading Celts, Romans, Visigoths and Moors, with the non Moorish Ruling class being mostly from Visigoth heritage. If you want indigenous then you probably have to look at the Basque people as they have lived in Iberia the longest. Also if you look at the history of Moorish Spain, though not a paradise by any means, for a greater extent the three major religions co-existed for the most part. The 3 main religions had their own places of worship, churches and synagogues, and little enforced conversion to Islam. This is not to say that the rulers made sure that they would be stopped from rising above their station.......which went for many of the Muslim in Spain as well......power is power after all. But compared to the treatment of the Jews post 1492 and then the barbaric treatment and expulsion of the Muslims from Spain by the Christians, I can suggest the greatest levels of attrocities and bloodshed is firmly on the hands of the Christians and not the Muslims. If you look at Muslim treatment of people of other beliefs in Jeruslem, Cairo, Istanbul, Damascus etc, and look at the treatment of Jews and Muslims by the Christian church, you will see which religion should be reviled the most. Sorry but read the accounts of the 1st and 2nd Crusades and who were the instigators of the attrocities and horrors in the start.......Christians who believe in a man of peace and love as their savior, seem to have a huge amount of blood on their hands versus the muslims or hebrews
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  2. No author, especially historians, actually writes the truth, just their version of the truth of events that they did not experience or live through. Also as the records/information that they use as their basis of their views is from the views of the victor 90% of the time, not likely to be fully accurate or truthful.
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  3. All religions yesterday and today are full of fanatics, and self benefitting leaders that use the gullibility and the need to abjugate personal responsibility or self will by a large sector of society, which allows them to be manipulated and controlled, and able to self justify their actions or lack of. This is the same with revolutionaries, freedom fighters, politicians, multi media etc.......
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