does religion stop a individual growing spiritually

[Volgerle]

The Cathars were responsible for starting the war called the Albigensian Crusade when they assassinated a Vatican Diplomat trying to negotiate with them in Languedoc (Please stop killing priests and burning our churches).

hmmm ...  one murder of an innocent priest justifies the ensuing mass murder of many innocent people who happen to belong a specific creed that was not mainstream at the time - a 'war' which some call genocide- at least so regarded by some historians ..

[RobertForsythe]

hmmm ...  one murder of an innocent priest justifies the ensuing mass murder of many innocent people who happen to belong a specific creed that was not mainstream at the time - a 'war' which some call genocide- at least so regarded by some historians ..

There are a LOT of Christian hating anti-Catholic bigots masquerading as 'historians'.

The assassination of a diplomat is generally recognized as being an act of war. And as usual, this was not an isolated event. The Cathar nobility routinely murdered Catholic priests in the region and burned their churches to the ground. Rome had been negotiating peacefully for many years in hopes of settling their differences peacefully. The murder of Legate Pierre de Castelnau was just the last straw.

All wars of that period led to mass murder. That is the way things were done in those days. Calling it genocide is ahistorical nonsense.

[Xanth]

And seeing as this has moved well beyond the scope of this thread... locking it up.