> Robin Pearce wrote:
>
> Then why--and I'm really quite serious about this--aren't the methods of
> the Inquisition used anymore? Because if the only important thing is
> salvation--and if you're a Biblical literalist you must believe that is
> so--any method used to ensure that a person is saved is perfectly okay.
> You can say that the Inquisition's methods were ineffective, but you can't
> say they're morally wrong. To extend your analogy, I wouldn't worry too
> much if I broke someone's collarbone dragging them from the burning house.
On Wed, 10 Oct 2001, Rick Froman wrote:
> The reason the metaphor breaks down at the point of physically dragging them
> out of the house is that there is no way to physically force someone to
> freely believe (although other non-physical approaches to brainwashing may
> be effective).
Yes, as I said: under fundamentalist logic Inquisition-style methods can
be condemned as *ineffective*, but not necessarily as morally wrong.
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