tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10584495.post3361487009763047902..comments2024-03-27T15:34:14.749-07:00Comments on dangerous idea: Aquinas on the natural law, or how to avoid centuries of bloodshedVictor Repperthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10962948073162156902noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10584495.post-18172652795345042692012-11-15T15:54:52.822-07:002012-11-15T15:54:52.822-07:00"This represents the foundation of the separa..."This represents the foundation of the separation of church and state, and on these matters the Catholic Church deviated from Aquinas’s teaching when they used the power of the government to enforce Catholic belief. After the Inquisition and the Wars of Religion (which left 1/3 of the population of Europe dead), we can see that Aquinas had it right."<br /><br />But wasn't the Inquisition instituted precisely to squelch activities and ideas that constituted "major evils that harm others and undermine and [sic] ordered society"?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10584495.post-36825921648032307052007-03-08T12:40:00.000-07:002007-03-08T12:40:00.000-07:00I have wondered how you can tell whether a war was...I have wondered how you can tell whether a war was caused by religious differences, if religious labels are shorthand for larger cultural conflicts, or if if the instigators were using religious issues to mask the real political and economic causes. It seems that poor hertics with no power fail to ellicit any conflict but if land, money, or power are involved, any excuse will do.Mike Darushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06669617343235073078noreply@blogger.com