I once took part in a long discussion about the Holy Inquisitions. One of the forum members - an enthusiatic Catholic lady - claimed that the inquisitors weren't so mean as we think, and that they killed only a few thousands of people. She added that the inquisitors were highly educated people and torture was limited to 30 minutes (I wouldn't bear 30 seconds).
How can we know the truth? Thousands or millions? I think even one person is too many!
The way I look at it,it does not matter the amount of people,or the time limit,they still did wrong,which Jesus said do not fight for the kingdom of God,by physical force,which He told the disciple that smote the High Priests servants ear,to put up the sword,for he that uses the sword,shall perish with the sword.
They try to justify their wrongful actions by saying,it was not that bad,and for a limited time,which is no justification at all.
But do not believe the limited time of torture,for that does not even make sense,for if they are going to torture for 30 minutes,trying to get them to go by their position,it would seem like they would not stop until they finally went by their position,or were dead.
Oh,we will only torture you for 30 minutes,and if you still do not agree with us,we will let you go,but they were so bent on wiping out all who oppose their position,you think that is true,for if they are going to use torture methods to persuade people to go by their position,they will not limit it,and if there was a 30 minutes time limit of torture,and they still opposed them,they would be dead.
If you are kind,you are kind,and there is no time limit on that,and if they are in to torture,they are in to torture,there is no time limit on that,and they are not going to let people go,for there is a certain way they want things done for the name of the Holy Roman Empire,and if you do not comply,you are tortured,and if you do not comply,you die,for if they would let you go after 30 minutes,why did they detain you in the first place,and why would they allow you to run around opposing them after the 30 minutes,running around opposing them,for which they pick people up to torture them in the first place.
You oppose them,and when tortured you oppose them,you die.They are not going to have you running around opposing them,for which they picked you up in the first place.
So the torture limit is 30 minutes,and if you do not agree with them,you die.
The Roman Catholic Church did wrong,and was not the will of God,but what do you expect when you are ruling with the cruel Roman Empire,they made Christianity a cruel system,pushing for power,like the Roman Empire.
But all nations push for power,it just happened that they had the power at that time.
And you are right,even one person is too much,but if they have that attitude they are not going to only go against one person.
They will go against as many people as they can with that attitude,whoever they can get to,so millions,thousands,does not apply,for they will go against as many people as they can,so they are just as guilty as going against one person,as going against the whole world that opposed them,and God said however a person thinks that is how they are.
The Holy Roman Empire is guilty back at that time as going against the whole world,that opposed them,so numbers does not matter,the thing is they just could not get to them,but if they could they would of persecuted them all,disobeying Jesus' love and kindness for the world.
That does not make sense,it was only a 30 minutes torture period,and they only killed thousands of people,because they had the attitude to go against all who oppose them,and would of tortured,and killed,all who oppose them,so if that were true,that it was only a limited amount of people,it was only because they could not get to them,not because they were not that bad,that they only went against thousands.
They went against all who opposed them,with cruelty,and wrath,not doing the will of God,and with that attitude,there is no limit in torture,unless they did not want to spend any more time in torturing them,and went against as many people that opposed them,as they could get their non loving Jesus hands on,all the while they thought they were doing the will of God.
Oh,how people can severely mess up the true intention of God,and His truth,but that is all fleshy.