Q. Hammerskins are the REAL thing. Started in Dallas in 88, they have risen greatly in number and make no bones about who they are and what they stand for. Also for the liberals, some of your favorited countries are heavily involved because in addition to the five active chapters in the United States, Hammerskins chapters currently exist in Canada, France, Italy, Germany, the Netherlands, Hungary, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, New Zealand and Australia. The KKK numbers are almost none, should we refocus?
A. The KKK wasn't even about race. It was originally formed to kill those responsible for freeing the slaves (republicans) and mostly because people feared that their jobs would go to stronger workers. (hard working slaves.)
It had nothing to do with skin color. The original KKK killed both whites and blacks.
It had nothing to do with skin color. The original KKK killed both whites and blacks.
Where do Catholics get the idea the killing people is love?
Q. Throughout history, Catholics have killed a great number of people. These so-called Christians have killed Jews, Arabs, "witches" (falsely accused women whose families' properties were confiscated for Church's Satanic uses), Africans, and so on. Yet these "Christians" state that they love Christ and follow Him. Well, He told us to love everyone. Unless they think that killing people is love, how do they justify their actions?
This is why I am glad to be an actual Christian and not a Catholic.
This is why I am glad to be an actual Christian and not a Catholic.
A. + The Crusades +
Muslim armies had conquered much of northern Africa, Egypt, Palestine, Syria, and Spain, which had been some of the most heavily Christian areas in the world.
Thousands, and possibly millions, of Christians died during this drive to eventually bring the entire world under Islam.
The First Crusade was launched in 1095 by Pope Urban II to check the advance of the Muslims and regain control of the city of Jerusalem and the Holy Land.
If this defensive war was not fought then we would probably all be Muslim today.
I am sure that some atrocities were committed by individuals of both sides during this war but by most people's judgment this was a just war.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Crusade
+ The Inquisition +
Modern historians have long known that the popular view of the Inquisition is a myth. The Inquisition was actually an attempt by the Catholic Church to stop unjust executions.
Heresy was a capital offense against the state. Rulers of the state, whose authority was believed to come from God, had no patience for heretics. Neither did common people, who saw heretics as dangerous outsiders who would bring down divine wrath.
When someone was accused of heresy in the early Middle Ages, they were brought to the local lord for judgment, just as if they had stolen a pig. It was not easy to discern whether the accused was really a heretic. The lord needed some basic theological training, very few did. The sad result is that uncounted thousands across Europe were executed by secular authorities without fair trials or a competent judge of the crime.
The Catholic Church's response to this problem was the Inquisition, an attempt to provide fair trials for accused heretics using laws of evidence and presided over by knowledgeable judges.
From the perspective of secular authorities, heretics were traitors to God and the king and therefore deserved death. From the perspective of the Church, however, heretics were lost sheep who had strayed from the flock. As shepherds, the pope and bishops had a duty to bring them back into the fold, just as the Good Shepherd had commanded them. So, while medieval secular leaders were trying to safeguard their kingdoms, the Church was trying to save souls. The Inquisition provided a means for heretics to escape death and return to the community.
Most people tried for heresy by the Inquisition were either acquitted or had their sentences suspended. Those found guilty of grave error were allowed to confess their sin, do penance, and be restored to the Body of Christ. The underlying assumption of the Inquisition was that, like lost sheep, heretics had simply strayed.
If, however, an inquisitor determined that a particular sheep had purposely left the flock, there was nothing more that could be done. Unrepentant or obstinate heretics were excommunicated and given over to secular authorities. Despite popular myth, the Inquisition did not burn heretics. It was the secular authorities that held heresy to be a capital offense, not the Church. The simple fact is that the medieval Inquisition saved uncounted thousands of innocent (and even not-so-innocent) people who would otherwise have been roasted by secular lords or mob rule.
Where did this myth come from? After 1530, the Inquisition began to turn its attention to the new heresy of Lutheranism. It was the Protestant Reformation and the rivalries it spawned that would give birth to the myth. Innumerable books and pamphlets poured from the printing presses of Protestant countries at war with Spain accusing the Spanish Inquisition of inhuman depravity and horrible atrocities in the New World.
For more information, see:
The Real Inquisition, By Thomas F. Madden, National Review (2004) http://www.nationalreview.com/comment/madden200406181026.asp
Inquisition by Edward Peters (1988)
The Spanish Inquisition by Henry Kamen (1997)
The Spanish Inquisition: Fact Versus Fiction, By Marvin R. O'Connell (1996): http://www.catholiceducation.org/articles/history/world/wh0026.html
With love in Christ.
Muslim armies had conquered much of northern Africa, Egypt, Palestine, Syria, and Spain, which had been some of the most heavily Christian areas in the world.
Thousands, and possibly millions, of Christians died during this drive to eventually bring the entire world under Islam.
The First Crusade was launched in 1095 by Pope Urban II to check the advance of the Muslims and regain control of the city of Jerusalem and the Holy Land.
If this defensive war was not fought then we would probably all be Muslim today.
I am sure that some atrocities were committed by individuals of both sides during this war but by most people's judgment this was a just war.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Crusade
+ The Inquisition +
Modern historians have long known that the popular view of the Inquisition is a myth. The Inquisition was actually an attempt by the Catholic Church to stop unjust executions.
Heresy was a capital offense against the state. Rulers of the state, whose authority was believed to come from God, had no patience for heretics. Neither did common people, who saw heretics as dangerous outsiders who would bring down divine wrath.
When someone was accused of heresy in the early Middle Ages, they were brought to the local lord for judgment, just as if they had stolen a pig. It was not easy to discern whether the accused was really a heretic. The lord needed some basic theological training, very few did. The sad result is that uncounted thousands across Europe were executed by secular authorities without fair trials or a competent judge of the crime.
The Catholic Church's response to this problem was the Inquisition, an attempt to provide fair trials for accused heretics using laws of evidence and presided over by knowledgeable judges.
From the perspective of secular authorities, heretics were traitors to God and the king and therefore deserved death. From the perspective of the Church, however, heretics were lost sheep who had strayed from the flock. As shepherds, the pope and bishops had a duty to bring them back into the fold, just as the Good Shepherd had commanded them. So, while medieval secular leaders were trying to safeguard their kingdoms, the Church was trying to save souls. The Inquisition provided a means for heretics to escape death and return to the community.
Most people tried for heresy by the Inquisition were either acquitted or had their sentences suspended. Those found guilty of grave error were allowed to confess their sin, do penance, and be restored to the Body of Christ. The underlying assumption of the Inquisition was that, like lost sheep, heretics had simply strayed.
If, however, an inquisitor determined that a particular sheep had purposely left the flock, there was nothing more that could be done. Unrepentant or obstinate heretics were excommunicated and given over to secular authorities. Despite popular myth, the Inquisition did not burn heretics. It was the secular authorities that held heresy to be a capital offense, not the Church. The simple fact is that the medieval Inquisition saved uncounted thousands of innocent (and even not-so-innocent) people who would otherwise have been roasted by secular lords or mob rule.
Where did this myth come from? After 1530, the Inquisition began to turn its attention to the new heresy of Lutheranism. It was the Protestant Reformation and the rivalries it spawned that would give birth to the myth. Innumerable books and pamphlets poured from the printing presses of Protestant countries at war with Spain accusing the Spanish Inquisition of inhuman depravity and horrible atrocities in the New World.
For more information, see:
The Real Inquisition, By Thomas F. Madden, National Review (2004) http://www.nationalreview.com/comment/madden200406181026.asp
Inquisition by Edward Peters (1988)
The Spanish Inquisition by Henry Kamen (1997)
The Spanish Inquisition: Fact Versus Fiction, By Marvin R. O'Connell (1996): http://www.catholiceducation.org/articles/history/world/wh0026.html
With love in Christ.
How about we deport the Texans & Arizonians, and give citizenship to the hard-working Mexican immigrants?
Q. I'm sick of a couple of crappy red states making the entire country look bad, and dragging the rest of us into their filth. Without all those hicks, the average American IQ will go through the roof, and we'll free ourselves from millions of Conservative voters.
A. Your question lacks merit in several areas. First, you have an amazing lack of knowledge of the historical events that have lead up to the current problems. What do you consider to be a "red state"? Secondly, the states that are those settled by the Spanish Conquest include Texas, Arizona, New Mexico, Nevada and California. Do you seriously want to deport all these people? Wouldn't it be easier to cede these states back to Mexico? Even that wouldn't solve the "problem". What would prevent the potential "illegal" immigrants from returning?
Some significant dates in the history of Spanish conquest in North America:
1492 Columbus, on the first of his four voyages, visits the Caribbean, returning to Europe with Indian captives.
1519 Hernando Cortés wages war on the Aztecs, claiming victory in 1521, and disease begins to decimate the native population.
1513 Juan Ponce de Leon lands on Florida's east coast on April 2, giving it the name La Florida.
1526 Spanish settle a colony, San Miguel de Guadalupe, at Sapelo Bay, Georgia.
1528 Expedition with Cabeza de Vaca lands on Florida's west coast and sets out to explore the interior in search of a passage to Tampico.
1536 Cabeza de Vaca and Esteban are among four Spaniards to survive eight years in the interior of America. They arrive in Mexico City with stories of their survival and of large Indian communities in the interior.
1539 Hernando de Soto, with 600 men, lands on Florida's west coast and sets out to explore the interior.
1539 Esteban is killed at Zuni and Fray Marcos returns to Mexico.
1540 Coronado's conquest of New Mexico and the Seven Cities of Cibola begins.
1565 Spanish found San Augustin (now St. Augustine, Florida) and soon capture Fort Caroline.
1581 Slaves brought to San Augustin, Florida.
1598 Settlement begins in New Mexico under Juan de Onate as El Camino Real is established between El Paso del Norte and Santa Cruz, New Mexico.
added:
1627 Spanish establish Castillo de San Marcos at San Augustin, Florida.
1680 Pueblo Indians revolt against Spanish in New Mexico.
1729 Spanish govern Texas from Presidio Nuestra Senora del Pilar de Los Adaes (in Louisiana) through 1773.
1769 Settlement of Mission San Diego de Alcala, near San Diego, is the first in a series of twenty Spanish missions reaching far into present-day California.
1776 Spanish establish Mission San Francisco de Asis, San Francisco, California.
1810 Mexico declares independence from Spain, bringing the lands from Texas to California under the government of Mexico by 1821.
1819 Spain cedes Florida to the U.S. on February 22.
In the early 1800s, Mexico s offers of cheap land lured many American emigrants to Texas. The Mexican government required that Americans live as Mexican citizens, but few settlers adopted Mexican ways. When Mexico enforced its authority on the colony, outraged Texans prepared for war. Texan forces enjoyed some early victories, but Mexican General Santa Anna s superior army soundly defeated the Texans at the Alamo and Goliad. A surprise attack in the Battle of San Jacinto led to the capture of Santa Anna and the end of the war. The newly established Republic of Texas voted in favor of becoming part of the United States.
added:
The U.S.-Mexican War�(1846-1848):
The Mexican-American War was the first major conflict driven by the idea of "Manifest Destiny"; the belief that America had a God-given right, or destiny, to expand the country's borders from 'sea to shining sea'. This belief would eventually cause a great deal of suffering for many Mexicans, Native Americans and United States citizens. Following the earlier Texas War of Independence from Mexico, tensions between the two largest independent nations on the North American continent grew as Texas eventually became a U.S. state. Disputes over the border lines sparked military confrontation, helped by the fact that President Polk eagerly sought a war in order to seize large tracts of land from Mexico.
The second basic cause of the war was the Texas War of Independence and the subsequent annexation of that area to the United States. Not all American westward migration was unwelcome. In the 1820's and 1830's, Mexico, newly independent from Spain, needed settlers in the underpopulated northern parts of the country. An invitation was issued for people who would take an oath of allegiance to Mexico and convert to Catholicism, the state religion. Thousands of Americans took up the offer and moved, often with slaves, to the Mexican province of Texas. Soon however, many of the new "Texicans" or "Texians" were unhappy with the way the government in Mexico City tried to run the province. In 1835, Texas revolted, and after several bloody battles, the Mexican President, Santa Anna, was forced to sign the Treaty of Velasco in 1836 . This treaty gave Texas its independence, but many Mexicans refused to accept the legality of this document, as Santa Anna was a prisoner of the Texans at the time. The Republic of Texas and Mexico continued to engage in border fights and many people in the United States openly sympathized with the U.S.-born Texans in this conflict. As a result of the savage frontier fighting, the American public developed a very negative stereotype against the Mexican people and government. Partly due to the continued hostilities with Mexico, Texas decided to join with the United States, and on July 4, 1845, the annexation gained approval from the U.S. Congress.
gatita
Apostolic Believer In One God. Jesus
Some significant dates in the history of Spanish conquest in North America:
1492 Columbus, on the first of his four voyages, visits the Caribbean, returning to Europe with Indian captives.
1519 Hernando Cortés wages war on the Aztecs, claiming victory in 1521, and disease begins to decimate the native population.
1513 Juan Ponce de Leon lands on Florida's east coast on April 2, giving it the name La Florida.
1526 Spanish settle a colony, San Miguel de Guadalupe, at Sapelo Bay, Georgia.
1528 Expedition with Cabeza de Vaca lands on Florida's west coast and sets out to explore the interior in search of a passage to Tampico.
1536 Cabeza de Vaca and Esteban are among four Spaniards to survive eight years in the interior of America. They arrive in Mexico City with stories of their survival and of large Indian communities in the interior.
1539 Hernando de Soto, with 600 men, lands on Florida's west coast and sets out to explore the interior.
1539 Esteban is killed at Zuni and Fray Marcos returns to Mexico.
1540 Coronado's conquest of New Mexico and the Seven Cities of Cibola begins.
1565 Spanish found San Augustin (now St. Augustine, Florida) and soon capture Fort Caroline.
1581 Slaves brought to San Augustin, Florida.
1598 Settlement begins in New Mexico under Juan de Onate as El Camino Real is established between El Paso del Norte and Santa Cruz, New Mexico.
added:
1627 Spanish establish Castillo de San Marcos at San Augustin, Florida.
1680 Pueblo Indians revolt against Spanish in New Mexico.
1729 Spanish govern Texas from Presidio Nuestra Senora del Pilar de Los Adaes (in Louisiana) through 1773.
1769 Settlement of Mission San Diego de Alcala, near San Diego, is the first in a series of twenty Spanish missions reaching far into present-day California.
1776 Spanish establish Mission San Francisco de Asis, San Francisco, California.
1810 Mexico declares independence from Spain, bringing the lands from Texas to California under the government of Mexico by 1821.
1819 Spain cedes Florida to the U.S. on February 22.
In the early 1800s, Mexico s offers of cheap land lured many American emigrants to Texas. The Mexican government required that Americans live as Mexican citizens, but few settlers adopted Mexican ways. When Mexico enforced its authority on the colony, outraged Texans prepared for war. Texan forces enjoyed some early victories, but Mexican General Santa Anna s superior army soundly defeated the Texans at the Alamo and Goliad. A surprise attack in the Battle of San Jacinto led to the capture of Santa Anna and the end of the war. The newly established Republic of Texas voted in favor of becoming part of the United States.
added:
The U.S.-Mexican War�(1846-1848):
The Mexican-American War was the first major conflict driven by the idea of "Manifest Destiny"; the belief that America had a God-given right, or destiny, to expand the country's borders from 'sea to shining sea'. This belief would eventually cause a great deal of suffering for many Mexicans, Native Americans and United States citizens. Following the earlier Texas War of Independence from Mexico, tensions between the two largest independent nations on the North American continent grew as Texas eventually became a U.S. state. Disputes over the border lines sparked military confrontation, helped by the fact that President Polk eagerly sought a war in order to seize large tracts of land from Mexico.
The second basic cause of the war was the Texas War of Independence and the subsequent annexation of that area to the United States. Not all American westward migration was unwelcome. In the 1820's and 1830's, Mexico, newly independent from Spain, needed settlers in the underpopulated northern parts of the country. An invitation was issued for people who would take an oath of allegiance to Mexico and convert to Catholicism, the state religion. Thousands of Americans took up the offer and moved, often with slaves, to the Mexican province of Texas. Soon however, many of the new "Texicans" or "Texians" were unhappy with the way the government in Mexico City tried to run the province. In 1835, Texas revolted, and after several bloody battles, the Mexican President, Santa Anna, was forced to sign the Treaty of Velasco in 1836 . This treaty gave Texas its independence, but many Mexicans refused to accept the legality of this document, as Santa Anna was a prisoner of the Texans at the time. The Republic of Texas and Mexico continued to engage in border fights and many people in the United States openly sympathized with the U.S.-born Texans in this conflict. As a result of the savage frontier fighting, the American public developed a very negative stereotype against the Mexican people and government. Partly due to the continued hostilities with Mexico, Texas decided to join with the United States, and on July 4, 1845, the annexation gained approval from the U.S. Congress.
gatita
Apostolic Believer In One God. Jesus
What is the book about US dropping body with false information into normandy?
Q. There is a book about the United States dropping a body with false information on it into Normandy. The body washed up to shore and it threw the enemy off. What is the title of this book?
A. I take it that you mean the British operation, where a body was dumped in the Mediterranean Sea off Spain with false documents. These documents were about the, fake, Allied attempt to invade Sardinia and Corsica, not the real target - Sicily.
The book and film were called "The Man Who Never Wars", based on Operation Mincemeat.
The body was, probably, Jack Melville, a sailor who died after an accidental torpedoing by a British submarine, although until recently the official version was that the body was of Welsh vagrant Glyndwr Michael.
The book and film were called "The Man Who Never Wars", based on Operation Mincemeat.
The body was, probably, Jack Melville, a sailor who died after an accidental torpedoing by a British submarine, although until recently the official version was that the body was of Welsh vagrant Glyndwr Michael.
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