For years liberals have told us how evil religions burned poor innocent girls at the steak as witches. We were told this happen right here in America. As always, liberals are wrong again.
In Europe, thousands of women (and some men) were killed. In America.. 0 women were burned as witches. First- America wasn’t a country yet, this was the 1600's. Second- on this continent, witches were hanged. One guy had rocks piled on him because he wouldn’t go to court. He died because the weight crushed his chest.
All and all, in the famous Salem witch trials, two dozen people were jailed as witches. Maybe 20 were put to death. All received a trial. (Not the type of trial we have today.. People didn’t have a defense attorney. Nobody did back then unless you had big bucks.)
Now.. The part liberals do not want you to know about. The witch trials had less to do about religion, and more to do about revenge. When Europeans arrived here there was a sense of lawlessness. People use to beat the crap out of each other. To help curb this, the courts and sheriff’s persuaded town folks to sue each other instead of fighting. The courts were filled with people airing their dirty laundry. You could be sued for walking on someone’s property.
Many historians now believe the witch trials were a way of getting back at people who sued too many other people. If a person was being tried as a witch and the town's people didn’t care for them, they would show up at the trial and act possessed. They would help convict the so-called witch.
Another thing liberals do not want you to know and collage professors will not teach you.. Christianity condemned any type of belief in witches and a practice of Halloween in general. The puritans who were condemning the witches were an off-chute of the majority religion. An outcast, if you will.
So.. This is another boat-load of crap that liberals tried to stick into my brain when I was in school. Facts completely twisted to prove religion is a ‘bad thing.’ I, for one, am on a mission to debunk this liberal crap. People need to know the true history of the world. Not the slanted version liberals feed us. With conservatives joining the ranks of collage professors, this out of balanced 70% liberal school system is doomed.
What do the witch trials teach me ?... In America, we stopped this nonsense very quickly. But in Europe, they allowed the witch hunts to go on for years.. Killing thousands of innocent people. This proves to me America has and will always be the better place to live. Also, had people listened to Christianity back then, the witch trials wouldn’t have taken place....Biff..
P.S.- If you want to find out more about topics like this. The History Channel is showing two programs which gives info.. The show- The History of Haunted Halloween tells of Christianity condemning any belief in witches and Halloween. The History of the Salem Witch trials is another great source.
