vincentML -> RE: Conspiracy theories ? (1/26/2010 1:58:40 PM)
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ORIGINAL: Musicmystery It's come to this. Mocking silly people who look to evidence. Bring on the witches. You seem to be quite the mocker dude. I would say in every post you post you mock. As for witches do you know what you speak of? About nine million women were killed as witches. You know the kind of things that got a woman labelled a witch? Oh, things like knowing a healing herb to use, having sex outside of a married relationship, a child out of wed lock, saying things people like yourself would not want to hear. Fingers pointed, heads came off the fires were lit. Witches for the most part were women with a brain in their head a fire in their hearts and bellies. Found this on Wiki. Doesn't come close to your number: In the Bible, the punishment for witchcraft is death (Exodus 22:18, "Thou shalt not suffer a witch to live," meaning "you should not let a witch live"). "Witch" in the Bible means summoner of spirits, so it might really mean warlock. In Europe in the early modern period, persecution of witches (witch hunts and witchcraft trials) took place. Many Christians were scared of witches and witchcraft at that time. As a result, about sixty thousand people were tried for witchcraft, and executed. Most were hanged. Some were burned at the stake (tied to a long pole and burned alive). Especially in the early modern period, this punishment was often applied. The Salem trials were among these trials. Gilles Corey was one of the people accused of witchcraft. Because he knew that he had done no wrong, Corey simply refused to speak. He was pressed to death. Women were burned at the stake for simply sweeping their porches on Sundays or putting herbs in a soup. Among those punished were people who did not live peacefully with their rulers, like Joan of Arc. There were some men (for example, Johann Weyer, Friedrich Spee and Anton Praetorius) who protested against torture and against the chase of witches.
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