The lotharingian crusade killed everyone in fact, every person to ever exist, the last person killed in the crusade was the pope who announced victory and killed homself
That’s still such an astronomical number. Basically the crusades wiped out all the population of Europe several times over, over the course of centuries? How were there any Europeans left?
It seems that he takes parts of the script directly from other sources. That part about the dwindling number of quakers is taken verbatim from a reddit comment made 5 years ago. Don't wanna call it plagiarism but...
@@jravage77 that's still a bigger number of the whole european population combined across the centuries. The population of Europe exceeded the 300 millions just in the mid 1800s
@@bornanikolic3130the Cathars also were not freaking buddhist, they were literally the Al-Quaida of that time and hired a ton of killers to assassinate Church officials and nobles, they also started a rebellion in southern france and took control of many castles, that's why the Church launched a crusade against them...
Fun fact: Mitra is a god in both vedic and iranian religion. Not only that mitra is the god of justice in hinduism and can remove sins of a person. He is also called rtavan aka the one with rta or the true order of life. This word actually is related to the english word right so you know that this is a very old indo european concept unlike dharma which is buddhist concept
@@anshumanswain8150 Still rta is superior to dharma. It is the eternal order constructed by the god of light himself. Only fools who reject the Vedic gods would spew nonsense against rta
@@SlaveOfDevas You must be a european LARPing as a Vedic Aryan haha. What is your gotra, kula and jati. No way you said Dharma is a Buddhist concept lmaoo
Vedic "Religion" wasn't Eradicated but was Transformed into Dharma (Today's Hinduism) and then further split into Buddhism, Jainism and Sikhism. We all still follow majority of Vedic Rituals even Today with the Lone Exception of Animal Sacrifice but some Communities still Practice even that today but not many. Also we Hindus at least (don't know about others for a fact) still do our Wedding Ceremonies using The Vedic Process that is called "Vedic Padhat" of getting Married.
@@SlaveOfDevas Honestly I think we should bring Vedic Culture back cause our Religion is kinda on a Downfall on all fronts and is in Desperate need of a Reset.
All Inquisitions combined I can see that. One single inquisition is hard to beleive Unless Ghengis Khan was leading it. That man lowered the carbon footprint significantly and left Russia without a military.
The Inquisition started in 1478, & the population of Spain in the XVth century was about 7,2 millions, and the global population was around 460 millions. That is quite the Inquisition indeed.
@@Zacharoni4085Claim: The Inquisition caused the deaths of 300 million people over its centuries of operation. Response: This claim is both exaggerated and historically inaccurate. Here’s why: 1. Historical Scope of the Inquisition: Claimed Fact: The Inquisition spanned over four centuries and caused widespread death across Europe and the Americas. Counterpoint: While the Inquisition did span several centuries and caused significant suffering, reliable historical research does not support the figure of 300 million deaths. The major inquisitions (Medieval, Spanish, and Roman) targeted specific groups and regions, and their death tolls are estimated in the thousands, not hundreds of millions. Historical scholars such as Henry Kamen have studied the records and found that the Spanish Inquisition alone executed around 3,000 to 5,000 people over its entire history. Claims of a death toll in the hundreds of millions are unsupported by any credible evidence. 2.Misattributions of Death Toll: Claimed Fact: Deaths during the Inquisition included widespread persecution and massacres across Europe and the Americas. Counterpoint:The figure of 300 million often conflates deaths caused by the Inquisition with deaths from unrelated events such as wars, plagues, and other forms of persecution. For instance, the Bartholomew's Day Massacre, which is sometimes cited in these claims, resulted in about 2,000 to 3,000 deaths-far fewer than millions. Furthermore, deaths among indigenous populations due to European colonization and diseases are separate from the Inquisition’s activities and should not be counted as part of its toll. 3.Historical Evidence and Documentation: Claimed Fact: The Inquisition was responsible for massive death tolls across various regions. Counterpoint: Detailed historical records and research consistently show much lower figures. Documents from Inquisition trials, church archives, and scholarly reviews indicate a death toll in the tens of thousands rather than hundreds of millions. The Spanish Inquisition’s own records, as examined by historians, reveal far fewer executions than the inflated figures suggest. 4. Exaggeration and Sensationalism: Claimed Fact: The Inquisition’s reign of terror led to millions of deaths across Europe and the New World. Counterpoint: This figure is a sensational exaggeration often used for polemical purposes rather than based on historical fact. Reliable historical scholarship does not support such large numbers. Instead, accurate historical analysis shows that while the Inquisition was indeed brutal and led to significant suffering, the death tolls were far smaller and documented within a historical context that separates these events from other global tragedies. 5. Critical Historical Analysis Claimed fact: The Inquisition's impact was so extensive that it resulted in over 300 million deaths. Critical historical analysis involves separating different events and understanding their impact within context. The Inquisition’s activities should not be conflated with other historical atrocities or population losses. Accurate history is based on careful analysis of evidence, not on exaggerated figures. Peer-reviewed research consistently refutes the claim of 300 million deaths, emphasizing that while the Inquisition was a dark chapter in history, its true impact was far less than the sensational numbers suggest. The claim that the Inquisition caused 300 million deaths is a dramatic exaggeration not supported by historical evidence. The Inquisition's impact, while significant and tragic, involves death tolls in the thousands rather than millions. Accurate historical analysis relies on credible research and context, not inflated figures.
Yeah, it’s crazy. The actual Spanish Inquisition had around 3,000 deaths over a 350 year period. I don’t get these leftists with their grand revisionist narratives. The same goes with lynchings in America, they weren’t that numerous and the grand total is a few thousand over a 200 year period but the amount of people who talk about greatly outpaces the actual event. Like 9/11 was more of a historical event and people already downplayed that, but somehow racism or religion is the lefts greatest fears.
Claim: The Inquisition caused the deaths of 300 million people over its centuries of operation. Response: This claim is both exaggerated and historically inaccurate. Here’s why: 1. Historical Scope of the Inquisition: Claimed Fact: The Inquisition spanned over four centuries and caused widespread death across Europe and the Americas. Counterpoint: While the Inquisition did span several centuries and caused significant suffering, reliable historical research does not support the figure of 300 million deaths. The major inquisitions (Medieval, Spanish, and Roman) targeted specific groups and regions, and their death tolls are estimated in the thousands, not hundreds of millions. Historical scholars such as Henry Kamen have studied the records and found that the Spanish Inquisition alone executed around 3,000 to 5,000 people over its entire history. Claims of a death toll in the hundreds of millions are unsupported by any credible evidence. 2.Misattributions of Death Toll: Claimed Fact: Deaths during the Inquisition included widespread persecution and massacres across Europe and the Americas. Counterpoint:The figure of 300 million often conflates deaths caused by the Inquisition with deaths from unrelated events such as wars, plagues, and other forms of persecution. For instance, the Bartholomew's Day Massacre, which is sometimes cited in these claims, resulted in about 2,000 to 3,000 deaths-far fewer than millions. Furthermore, deaths among indigenous populations due to European colonization and diseases are separate from the Inquisition’s activities and should not be counted as part of its toll. 3.Historical Evidence and Documentation: Claimed Fact: The Inquisition was responsible for massive death tolls across various regions. Counterpoint: Detailed historical records and research consistently show much lower figures. Documents from Inquisition trials, church archives, and scholarly reviews indicate a death toll in the tens of thousands rather than hundreds of millions. The Spanish Inquisition’s own records, as examined by historians, reveal far fewer executions than the inflated figures suggest. 4. Exaggeration and Sensationalism: Claimed Fact: The Inquisition’s reign of terror led to millions of deaths across Europe and the New World. Counterpoint: This figure is a sensational exaggeration often used for polemical purposes rather than based on historical fact. Reliable historical scholarship does not support such large numbers. Instead, accurate historical analysis shows that while the Inquisition was indeed brutal and led to significant suffering, the death tolls were far smaller and documented within a historical context that separates these events from other global tragedies. 5. Critical Historical Analysis Claimed fact: The Inquisition's impact was so extensive that it resulted in over 300 million deaths. Critical historical analysis involves separating different events and understanding their impact within context. The Inquisition’s activities should not be conflated with other historical atrocities or population losses. Accurate history is based on careful analysis of evidence, not on exaggerated figures. Peer-reviewed research consistently refutes the claim of 300 million deaths, emphasizing that while the Inquisition was a dark chapter in history, its true impact was far less than the sensational numbers suggest. The claim that the Inquisition caused 300 million deaths is a dramatic exaggeration not supported by historical evidence. The Inquisition's impact, while significant and tragic, involves death tolls in the thousands rather than millions. Accurate historical analysis relies on credible research and context, not inflated figures.
@@dennisego602 TLDR: Inquisition caused lots of deaths, drama-queens through history made it sound way worse than it actually was. Make small but still bad number into insanely huge and inaccurate number.
A Historical Examination of the Inquisition: Addressing Exaggerations and Defending Historical Accuracy: The Inquisition, a complex and controversial chapter in history, is often cited in discussions about religious persecution and the broader impact of Christianity. Recent claims suggest that the Inquisition led to the deaths of 300 million people, an assertion that is both inflated and misleading. This essay provides a detailed examination of the claims made about the Inquisition, addressing each point in historical context to demonstrate why such exaggerated figures do not accurately reflect historical events. By critically analyzing these claims, we aim to defend the historical integrity of Christianity and clarify the true impact of the Inquisition. 1. The Cathar Crusade of the 1200s: Claim: The Cathars, deemed heretical by the Pope, were eradicated by Simon de Montfort, resulting in mass deaths. Historical Context and Analysis: The Albigensian Crusade, launched in 1209, was a response to the Cathar heresy in southern France. The Cathars were a Christian sect with beliefs that were deemed heretical by the Catholic Church. The crusade, led by figures such as Simon de Montfort, was indeed brutal. During this period, significant violence was inflicted upon the Cathar community, with numerous battles and sieges resulting in substantial casualties. However, the number of deaths attributed to the Albigensian Crusade is estimated to be in the tens of thousands, not the millions. For instance, the siege of Béziers in 1209 resulted in the deaths of around 7,000 to 10,000 people, including both Cathars and local residents. While the crusade was severe and devastating, it does not support the claim of millions of deaths. The exaggeration stems from conflating the specific events of the Albigensian Crusade with the broader Inquisition, leading to inflated death tolls. The Albigensian Crusade was a targeted campaign to suppress a particular heretical movement rather than a systematic, prolonged period of widespread persecution that characterizes the Inquisition. 2. The Persecution of the Knights Templar (1300s): Claim: The Knights Templar were persecuted by King Philip IV, leading to many deaths and the formation of secret societies like the Freemasons and Illuminati. Historical Context and Analysis: In 1307, King Philip IV of France launched a campaign against the Knights Templar, accusing them of heresy, blasphemy, and other crimes. This campaign was motivated by Philip’s desire to seize the Templars' wealth and consolidate his own power. The trials, conducted over several years, led to the arrest and execution of many Templars. Historical records suggest that approximately 100 to 200 Templars were executed, with many more being imprisoned or forced to renounce their order. The assertion that the Templars formed secret societies like the Freemasons or the Illuminati is largely speculative and lacks substantial historical evidence. The Freemasons, for example, did not emerge until the late 16th and early 17th centuries, long after the suppression of the Templars. The notion that Templar persecution led to the creation of powerful secret societies is more legend than fact. Moreover, this event, while significant, is not part of the Inquisition. The persecution of the Knights Templar was a separate and distinct episode from the activities of the Inquisition, which began later. The exaggeration of the Templar deaths and their alleged connection to secret societies inflates the historical impact and contributes to misleading narratives about the Inquisition. 3. Persecution and Expulsion of Jews (1400s): Claim: The expulsion of Jews from Spain in the early 1400s resulted in significant deaths and migration. Historical Context and Analysis: The expulsion of Jews from Spain was formalized by the Alhambra Decree issued in 1492 by Ferdinand and Isabella. This decree required Jews to convert to Christianity or leave Spain. The expulsion had profound consequences for the Jewish community, leading to the forced conversion or departure of many individuals. Many Jews fled to other parts of Europe or to the Ottoman Empire, where they were generally treated with relative tolerance. While the expulsion caused considerable hardship and suffering, the death toll associated with this event does not reach the millions. The hardships faced by the expelled Jews included economic and social challenges, but the claim of millions of deaths is an exaggeration. The expulsion should be understood as part of broader patterns of religious intolerance and persecution but is not directly related to the Inquisition’s actions. The deaths resulting from the expulsion were significant but not to the extent suggested by inflated figures. The suffering of the Jewish community during this period was severe, but it should be recognized in its own historical context rather than conflated with the Inquisition. 4. The Spanish Inquisition (1400s-1600s): Claim: The Spanish Inquisition was extremely harsh, leading to millions of deaths through persecution and torture. Historical Context and Analysis: The Spanish Inquisition, established in 1478, was notorious for its efforts to maintain Catholic orthodoxy in Spain. It used methods such as torture to extract confessions, leading to executions and severe punishments. However, historical research and documentation indicate that the death toll from the Spanish Inquisition was relatively modest compared to the exaggerated figures presented. Estimates suggest that between 3,000 and 5,000 people were executed by the Spanish Inquisition over its entire history. While these figures reflect a considerable degree of persecution and suffering, they fall far short of the claimed millions. The Inquisition operated within a complex legal and social framework, and its activities, while harsh, were not as widespread or fatal as suggested by exaggerated claims. The Spanish Inquisition's practices, including the use of torture and public executions, were indeed severe and should be acknowledged. However, the inflated numbers of deaths reflect a misinterpretation of the Inquisition’s impact, conflating its actions with other historical events to produce misleading figures. 5. Protestant Reformation and Related Conflicts: Claim: The rise of Protestantism led to massive death tolls due to religious wars and massacres, such as the St. Bartholomew's Day Massacre. Historical Context and Analysis: The Protestant Reformation, which began in the 16th century, led to significant religious conflicts across Europe. The St. Bartholomew's Day Massacre of 1572, where thousands of Huguenots were killed, was one of the most notable events of this period. Historical estimates suggest that approximately 2,000 to 3,000 Huguenots were killed during the massacre, which was a severe and tragic event but did not result in millions of deaths. The conflicts associated with the Reformation, including the Wars of Religion, were indeed bloody and impactful. However, the death toll from these conflicts should be understood separately from the Inquisition. The Reformation led to significant religious and political upheaval, but conflating its death toll with that of the Inquisition distorts historical understanding. While the Reformation era was marked by considerable violence, including massacres and wars, the exaggerated figures about the number of deaths should be approached with caution. Accurate historical analysis separates these events from the Inquisition and considers their impact within a broader context. 6. Deaths of Indigenous Peoples in the Americas: Claim: The Inquisition’s impact includes the deaths of indigenous peoples due to Spanish conquest and forced conversion. Historical Context and Analysis: The Spanish conquest of the Americas led to significant loss of life among indigenous populations, primarily due to warfare, disease, and forced labor. These deaths were not directly caused by the Inquisition but were a result of broader patterns of colonization and imperialism. The Inquisition's focus was primarily on religious orthodoxy in Europe, not on the colonization of the Americas. The inclusion of indigenous deaths in the Inquisition’s death toll is a misrepresentation. The impact of Spanish colonization on indigenous populations is a distinct historical issue that should be addressed separately from the activities of the Inquisition. The deaths of indigenous peoples due to Spanish conquest were tragic and significant, but they should not be attributed to the Inquisition. Understanding these events within their own historical framework helps provide a clearer picture of their impact and prevents the conflation of different historical phenomena. Conclusion: The claims of 300 million or even 200 million deaths attributed to the Inquisition are significantly exaggerated and do not reflect historical reality. The Inquisition was indeed a period marked by severe persecution and harsh practices, but the actual death toll, based on historical evidence, was in the thousands rather than millions. The Albigensian Crusade, the persecution of the Knights Templar, the expulsion of Jews, and the conflicts related to the Protestant Reformation are separate events that should not be conflated with the Inquisition. Accurate historical analysis requires distinguishing between different events and understanding their specific contexts. While the Inquisition was a dark chapter in history, it did not result in the inflated death tolls claimed by sensationalist accounts. Defending the historical integrity of Christianity involves acknowledging its complex history while rejecting exaggerated and misleading claims. By addressing these claims in detail, we can better understand the true impact of the Inquisition and provide a more accurate representation of historical events.
Yes, and in a very disturbing way. Supposedly, the king's wife slept with a bull and produced the Minotaur, which the king locked under his palace, the Labyrinth.
^ That's the Hellenic myth. The Minotaur was a sacred symbol, along with the Bull of Minoan civilisation. But after that culture declined, the Hellenic greeks co-opted their symbols and presented it in a much worse light. It's very similar to how some of the demons in the Bible were originally middle eastern gods. When a culture declines or get replaced by a new one, the new dominant culture usually deconstructs and demonised the old culture's symbols and myths. Look at the modern west, and how they present medieval Europe as some kind of barbaric of backward time when really it was quite sophisticated and prosperous. The same thing happened when the Hellenic greeks and the older Greek civilisations like Minoa, Create and Mycenea. The gods and heroes of these cultures became monsters, witches and villains for Hellenic stories.
Your points are solid but you forget a whole load of Mycenean-era heroes are still heroes. Hell the previous generation of heroes before the Trojan war were the likes of Heracles, Theseus and Jason and the Argonauts. Sparta is nearly as old as Mycenea itself and has a very different culture to others and nobody claims they're not properly Hellenic.@@libervitaexaltis4551
300,000,000 deaths!? I don’t think there were even than many people alive on planet earth on that time. I think you were mistaken friend. Maybe 30,000 or 300,000?
Actually it is true. The inquisition was active in different degrees thru the 1600s. Over 4 centuries. In the early 1200s, the Cathars who were Christian, living in different areas in Italy, Spain, France, Navarre (once a small country in the Pyrenees between France, Portugal, Spain) were considered by the pope to be heretical in their Christian beliefs, were ordered by the pope to be wiped out by the French Noble Knight Simon deMonfort the elder. (father of Simon deMonfort who served the English king Henry lll, Son of King John Plantagenet) who later led a war against him for the horrible overtaxation, ruination, extreme oppression of the english peasant ry, working/middle classes which he had English support but was killed when he decided to take the crown from the heir, Prince Edward l. The inquisition continued on sporatically stronger then leveling off depending on the church, rulers, belief of witchcraft, heresy complaints, etc. Huge to smaller populations would flee or be victimized at whim. The next well-known surge was in the early 1300s due to accusations of the French king Phillip The Fair against the Knights Templer. Accusations of devil worship, relationships w the devil, child sacrifice, theft of land, money, wealth, etc, were levied by Phillip whose treasury was almost empty, who was denied honorary membership into the templers, etc, to steal their vast wealth, land holdings, etc. Many were arrested and burnt alive while others escaped into sympathetic countries like Scotland, Holland, Denmark, others. It was then that legend claimes they formed secret/powerful organizations such as the free masons, involved themselves w the illuminati, and others. Warrior monks who kept themselves secret until this day endlessly working for power. More persecution and deaths against citizens of countries practicing different or unapproved Christian/Catholic beliefs were always in supply sometime/where such as the jewish persecution by Spain leading to huge numbers of deaths, expulsion, and fleeing of jews into the Ottoman Turkish empire in the early 1400s. The Sultans welcomed them, designated areas of housing and practice of their religion, and owning businesses in return that they obey the countries laws, pay equal taxes, and assimilate into society. Finally, in the mid 1400s thru the early 1600s began the longest, bloodiest, wholesale murder, torture, indiscriminate victimization of millions at whim of innocent men, women, children (even the unborn) and animals that people associate as THE inquisition! Spain, always a fanatical Catholic country ruled by Ferdinand and Isabelle of Castile had made Spain The most powerful European country on earth. Barr Non! They fostered such a strict religious regiman that even the slightest deviation of a prayer, mispronouncement, slightest mistake was proof of heresy and was an automatic death. The most merciful consequence. The vatican in full support trained witchfinders, heresy expert priests, fanatical nobles, questioners, those of any class to go and flush out heretics. Get confessions usually by torture and to implicate as many others as possible.Many times entire towns would be put to death resulting from the torture of just one. This spread to France, Eastern Europe, Ireland, Scotland, the Germanic countries up into Sweden, etc. Spain was powerful and would demand rulers to prove loyalty or be invaded. Also at this time, Protestant belief was becoming big in Europe. Countries like Holland, Cleves, Denmark, England began recognizing and even permitting talk, bibles for the people, beliefs, even worship to an extent of this new religion. Leading to wars and threats frm Spain, invasions, and attacks on cities such as the famous Bartholomew day massacre in France resulting in death of 1/4 the population. By 1600, inquisition deaths easily passed 200 mill deaths. It was generation going as far as 10th generation. Even the deaths of indigenous native S Am indian tribes by attempted conversion by spanish invaders (also looking for gold) was estimated into over a million. Finally, it began to taper off in the 1600s, thiugh even thru present, wars and invasions and persecutions of entire countries over religion continue to grow again. And 100s of incidences in past millenia not mentioned have killed millions. Its a fascinating subject. I know very little so lots to find out if interested. Cheers
Most of our north american tribes believe in the great spirit or creator if they are traditional, but it gets mixed with Roman Catholicism a lot too. In mi'kmawi'simk Their name is Kisulk (the Creator) and Kji Niskam (the Great Spirit) used interchangeably.
Manichaean here ~ yes we are alive and being revived along with the texts being republished feel free to AMA! Also chinese manichaeans descending from syncretic sects are still around, (If you don’t believe me, i can provide the website)
I remember hearing about this religion 10 years ago in a Terrence McKenna lecture. The lecture was from before all the problems started in the middle east and i shuddered to think what may have happened to it since then. Good to hear you guys are still around and thriving. Good luck
Canaanite religion, Aztec religion, Shakerism, Baltic and Finnic Paganism which are two completely different religions, Orphism, Olmec Religion, Celtic Paganism, Etruscan Religion, Mesopotamian Religion, Vedism in different forms, Minoanism, Yahwism and the Hittite Religion are all still practiced today in various different revivals.
Historical error: 1) Jesus and Mithra sharing a birthday is an urban legend. There’s no historical evidence of it having been celebrated by the mithraists. 2)Honestly, we don’t know much about them, but we *do* know that they were primarily a cult for the military 3) we also know it was a men’s only cult. Women need not apply. All of which seems to indicate limited appeal to the average roman citizen.
Hindus do follow Vedas and considered it as the most supreme scriptures in Hinduism, Hindus still practice one of the core ritual of Vedas called 'Yagna', even Hindu Wedding and Funeral are done based on Vedic Tradition. You cannot consider Vedism as a separate religion.
@@jeanpol1836 Kazakhstan, Mongolia and Siberia. Secular Turks from Türkiye also started take Tengrism as an identity although being atheists/angostics.
As one commenter said: "Actually it is true. The inquisition was active in different degrees thru the 1600s. Over 4 centuries. In the early 1200s, the Cathars who were Christian, living in different areas in Italy, Spain, France, Navarre (once a small country in the Pyrenees between France, Portugal, Spain) were considered by the pope to be heretical in their Christian beliefs, were ordered by the pope to be wiped out by the French Noble Knight Simon deMonfort the elder. (father of Simon deMonfort who served the English king Henry lll, Son of King John Plantagenet) who later led a war against him for the horrible overtaxation, ruination, extreme oppression of the english peasant ry, working/middle classes which he had English support but was killed when he decided to take the crown from the heir, Prince Edward l. The inquisition continued on sporatically stronger then leveling off depending on the church, rulers, belief of witchcraft, heresy complaints, etc. Huge to smaller populations would flee or be victimized at whim. The next well-known surge was in the early 1300s due to accusations of the French king Phillip The Fair against the Knights Templer. Accusations of devil worship, relationships w the devil, child sacrifice, theft of land, money, wealth, etc, were levied by Phillip whose treasury was almost empty, who was denied honorary membership into the templers, etc, to steal their vast wealth, land holdings, etc. Many were arrested and burnt alive while others escaped into sympathetic countries like Scotland, Holland, Denmark, others. It was then that legend claimes they formed secret/powerful organizations such as the free masons, involved themselves w the illuminati, and others. Warrior monks who kept themselves secret until this day endlessly working for power. More persecution and deaths against citizens of countries practicing different or unapproved Christian/Catholic beliefs were always in supply sometime/where such as the jewish persecution by Spain leading to huge numbers of deaths, expulsion, and fleeing of jews into the Ottoman Turkish empire in the early 1400s. The Sultans welcomed them, designated areas of housing and practice of their religion, and owning businesses in return that they obey the countries laws, pay equal taxes, and assimilate into society. Finally, in the mid 1400s thru the early 1600s began the longest, bloodiest, wholesale murder, torture, indiscriminate victimization of millions at whim of innocent men, women, children (even the unborn) and animals that people associate as THE inquisition! Spain, always a fanatical Catholic country ruled by Ferdinand and Isabelle of Castile had made Spain The most powerful European country on earth. Barr Non! They fostered such a strict religious regiman that even the slightest deviation of a prayer, mispronouncement, slightest mistake was proof of heresy and was an automatic death. The most merciful consequence. The vatican in full support trained witchfinders, heresy expert priests, fanatical nobles, questioners, those of any class to go and flush out heretics. Get confessions usually by torture and to implicate as many others as possible.Many times entire towns would be put to death resulting from the torture of just one. This spread to France, Eastern Europe, Ireland, Scotland, the Germanic countries up into Sweden, etc. Spain was powerful and would demand rulers to prove loyalty or be invaded. Also at this time, Protestant belief was becoming big in Europe. Countries like Holland, Cleves, Denmark, England began recognizing and even permitting talk, bibles for the people, beliefs, even worship to an extent of this new religion. Leading to wars and threats frm Spain, invasions, and attacks on cities such as the famous Bartholomew day massacre in France resulting in death of 1/4 the population. By 1600, inquisition deaths easily passed 200 mill deaths. It was generation going as far as 10th generation. Even the deaths of indigenous native S Am indian tribes by attempted conversion by spanish invaders (also looking for gold) was estimated into over a million. Finally, it began to taper off in the 1600s, thiugh even thru present, wars and invasions and persecutions of entire countries over religion continue to grow again. And 100s of incidences in past millenia not mentioned have killed millions. Its a fascinating subject. I know very little so lots to find out if interested. Cheers" - @dead2802
Orphism and Cult of Dionysian is still extant tho (not only in Neopagan way but literally believing in Dionysus itself) even though only some individual believe in it
The aztecs were not forced to convert to christianity at any point. They abandoned their religion and cosmogony for another way to live without practicing cannibalism over other civilizations in order to preserve their gods appetite for human blood. The christian missionaries even protected their religion,culture and language, while bringing with them love and care for the indigenous. The mesoamericans religions really faded out after the independence of spanish colonies. But dont get me wrong, the video is great!
Considering the renewal of Paganism and Neo-Paganism to say some of these are Eradicated is a stretch. Sure some aspects are modernized and it's not as practiced as it use to be but you'd be surprised how some people still practice them !
I know this is a short youtube video, but it should be pointed out that Cathars often asked their followers to mortify their bodies, as all matter was evil, and many Cathars went so far as to let themselves starve to death. Of course this is just for historical clarification, if you speak Italian or can find an English translation, I recommend the Italian historian Alessandro Barbero.
Do you get a lot of your info from that movie Zeitgeist? Mithra arrived in Rome long after Christianity. There are NO writings about Mithra only a few sculptures people read things into. He is represented with the 12 astrological signs around him so some think this means he had 12 apostles. He also is represented as Perseus the Greek hero who represents Summer slaying Spring who is represented as the bull or Taurus. Some think that the slew a bull and had the blood drip all over his followers. But this is only speculation. He was NOT born of a Virgin heh is represented as emerging out of a rock. Very different. As for his birthday being December 25th. No one knows. The movie Zeitgeist made every single god born on December 25th. The church has no idea of Jesus's birth. It is in the Vatican records that they put it on that day when the light was returning to the word in winter. In Spring, is when he was crucified. Per scripture, he must have been born in the Spring because it says that she shee were out at night and that only happens in the Spring. I assume that the church thought it best the day when the light was returning into the world was a good choice.
I don't think any Christian sect should be in this list. It should be in its iwn list of Christian sects since those sects aren't a separate religions.
There’s an old Quaker community in the hills of Virginia, old run down, I’ve seen a couple of them but there are only 3 or 4 left. Tiny old wood gathering house
300 million throughout the crusades? How a about a sticky referring that? We got enough religious hate today. Absolutely unnecessary to add to the problem with such a blatant mistake.
Mitra’s birthday is still celebrated in India as Mithra Punim, Mitra Prabhat (Bamdad-e-Mithra) but the major pilgrimmage temple in Multan Pakistan was destroyed for being idoltrous and haram, and the knowledge keepers were all eradicated as kaffirs Indra is still seen throughout India as the king of heaven
@brandyjacob5926 our faiths and cultures were so rich in that manner. Even with remnants of our past we still remain so culturally rich. Imagine festivals and feast for gods every other week.
300 million is such a stupid and ignorant claim, the maximum population that Europe ever had in the Middle Ages was 80 million Only around 3000 - 5000 people died in the Inquisition in it's whole history through centuries, that's around the same number of victims on 9/11 Please do better research in your next videos
The amount of head in the dirt denial of fact, nuance, and understanding in favor of just full on opinion in this video is insane. Especially the reddit archeologist claim that Israelites borrowed from canaanite religion. You are lacking on any knowledge of Semitic culture and etymology.
Catharism is sometimes regard as a distant,in time, offshoot of Marcionism a kind of primitive quasi Gnosticism although there must be about 700 years between Marcion and the Cathars.
@@ExplainersEnigmaMithronism equal to Jesus?? Don't state your opinion as fact!! Genocide against the Cathars?? They were not an ethnicity. You had to add 300 million dead in the brief description of Catharism?? Continue your studies before you push your bias hateful agenda. Piss of and don't seek my validation.
There is no separation between vedic and hindu religion, both are the same. Hinduism is just all the belief systems of india ,as long as they don't reject vedas .
It's 100 times batter then being hypocrite christiane pagan polytheist how pepole still christians when everything contradict with itself and the money grabbing business they call church of God or the man God or the three gods they call one its so ridiculous to believe in Christianity you need to be brainwashed to ignore all the holes in ther and don't study to deep becuse its blasphemy because believes will find to much questions and coping and corruption the church can't and won't able to answer then you will be committing blasphemy!
You keep using the triskelion to represent polytheism. Celts were only polytheistic after being conquered, in Ireland they skipped polytheism, went straight from ancestors to Christians. St. Paul makes it very clear that the Celts he met in Asia Minor also had no gods, he comments on how odd it was and thanks them for their radical hospitality. (apparently not knowing they saw him as a bard, and it is absolute law)
To I met one of the last shakers alive back in 1991 she was over a hundred they said. Looked a solid 90 for sure. Was just outside of Danville KY. Or harrodsburg,
Yeah, 300,000,000 is the upper estimate for the world population pre-industrial revolution. He's smoking crack if he thinks it caused even close to that many deaths.
Orphism isn't dead. There are orphics all around the world who still follow the teaching of Orpheus which are related to those of the Christian religion. The orphics didn't believe in Dionysius, the greek god of the wine, but instead in Dion Isus - the God of the Vineyard, which is Jesus Christ Himself, Who was embodied thousands of years later.
Rather than God of war and the sun the iranic mithra, while also being a warrior god and a god of light, is a god of oaths, specifically warrior oaths which is important as to why mithra was adopted by middle Eastern and near asian kingdoms such the Commagene and later pontus during the intermixing of Greek and Iranian deities as the Selucids tried to grecize their Persian subjects. Also 25th was NOT mithra's birthday, mithra wasn't born in the traditional sense, in some myths he emerged from a stone, that day was the day of Sol Invictus, the day when the sun finally conquers they seasonal struggle and the days start to lenghten. Also... The traditional academic conception of Catharism is today under question but this is beside the point
@@ExplainersEnigma it's important because we have reason to think, due to the many art where mithra gives the soldier handshake symbol of sworn oaths (the oath that a king would require of his "vassals", pardon the anachronism, and generals of their subordinates) that this had a role in the royal cult, to simplify Ahura Mazda is the source of the law, the supreme source of rightness (Arta/Asha) but Mithra is his champion and general, he that actually and materially defends and uphelds that rightness, mithra has his generals and champions (think of a military hierarchy) and as Mithra swore the military oath to Ahura Mazda so these did to mithra, these are the Shahs who, through the ritual of holding hands with mithra (the Shahs are often portrayed as invested of their powers by Mithra and Anahita, which in Commage and Pontus becomes Aphrodite Ourania but it's not important to the discussion) are made part of a chain of command, and thus authority, that starts with Ahura Mazda himself. This royal cult is very likely observed by other states such as Commagene and imitated to obtain the same legitimation, see the statues of Mithra or Hercules holding hands with kings, but the first link of the chain, the obscure and abstract Ahura Mazda which doesn't necessarily resonate with non-zoroastrians, often either fades or collapses in favour of the second link of the chain which is Mithra, as these figures arguably seem to at times do in favour of the warrior god when they are perceived as dei obtiosi. This would be the reason why the Ahura Mazda part ultimately seems to fade in the west.
Vedic dharm never was eradicated, yes gurukuls died under britishers Oriental Indian education policies but there r still vedayagyas today alive. Primarily from 33 devs & adityas trinity came & from it different sampradays came out.
That's a good thing if they're rebuilding! I was referring to the ancient Catharism style and their old ways. Is this a splinter group or an actual movement?
There was a religion which coexisted with hindus which was destroyed by warmongerbbuddhist kings. This religions name I don't remember but followed non-violence principles and relatively advanced that most religions of the time.
What you are talking about is Jainism, it's older than budhism, it's still alive. The religion which died due to persecution were ajvikas and charvakas(they were atheist, literally embraced materialism). It cannot be said advanced but their only reference we have is that they weren't liked by anyone because of materialism
Mithra originated in Kurdistan not Persia. Wasukani/serekani, Rojava. First officially worshipped by the Mittani, whose descendants and tribes live on as proud Kurds today.
There is nothing like Vedism . And Indra isn't the supreme God. Devas aren't God , there is no English word to translate Devas into English. In the Vedic texts ParaBrahm is supreme who has no physical form he is the atmatattva source of creation and Shiva ,Vishnu , Shakti , Ganesha , Karthikeya are the representative form of ParaBrahm. These dieties may have different forms but they are ParaBrahm him/herself . These dieties are called Ishwar (God) and Devas aren't same as them . And Vedism which is called Vaidik Dharma originally which is nothing but Hinduism isn't polytheistic and isn't a pagan religion. We believe in 1 God but in different forms . There are multiple sects in our vaidik dharma such as Shaiva , Vaishnava, Shakta etc . Each sect considers a single diety as supreme ParaBrahm him/herself . We aren't polytheistic , it's like saying that Christians are polytheistic because they believe in Father God , Jesus and holy spirit . And vaidik dharma isn't eradicated it still is practiced by 1 million people, hinduism and vaidik dharma aren't different the rituals we perform today were performed in vaidik period too. And I repeat we aren't pagans like Greeks , norse and other etc . As Albert Einstein quoted [I don't believe in the God of Abrahamic religions , this view is naive and childlike, rather i believe that the existence of God propounded by Spinoza and the Hindus of a cosmic Brahman is more logical and probable ; The Ultimate Quotable Einstein , page - 325] Einstein studied many hindu texts , so this is enough to show that how different is vaidik dharma and paganism.
Relgion just got boring, these all sound a million times better than islam,Christianity and Judaism ...at least some of the more interesting ones are coming back.
300 million? Why not 300 gazillion.
300 gazillion beers please!
stopped watching at that point.
A gorllion lives lost
The lotharingian crusade killed everyone in fact, every person to ever exist, the last person killed in the crusade was the pope who announced victory and killed homself
I think he made a mistake, the number is 14 trillions
300 million people died are you kidding me? That would be double the entire population of Europe at the time. Where did you get your research?
He said over the centuries not at the time.
That’s still such an astronomical number. Basically the crusades wiped out all the population of Europe several times over, over the course of centuries? How were there any Europeans left?
It seems that he takes parts of the script directly from other sources. That part about the dwindling number of quakers is taken verbatim from a reddit comment made 5 years ago. Don't wanna call it plagiarism but...
@@jravage77 that's still a bigger number of the whole european population combined across the centuries. The population of Europe exceeded the 300 millions just in the mid 1800s
@@bornanikolic3130the Cathars also were not freaking buddhist, they were literally the Al-Quaida of that time and hired a ton of killers to assassinate Church officials and nobles, they also started a rebellion in southern france and took control of many castles, that's why the Church launched a crusade against them...
Fun fact: Mitra is a god in both vedic and iranian religion. Not only that mitra is the god of justice in hinduism and can remove sins of a person. He is also called rtavan aka the one with rta or the true order of life. This word actually is related to the english word right so you know that this is a very old indo european concept unlike dharma which is buddhist concept
No, dharma is also a Hindu concept, but it came after the end of the Vedic period, and along with karma, it eclipsed the concept of rta.
@@anshumanswain8150 Still rta is superior to dharma. It is the eternal order constructed by the god of light himself. Only fools who reject the Vedic gods would spew nonsense against rta
@@SlaveOfDevas You must be a european LARPing as a Vedic Aryan haha. What is your gotra, kula and jati. No way you said Dharma is a Buddhist concept lmaoo
No mithra is an ancient iranian God
@@shadowborn1456 Lol read rigveda fool. Iranians and north indians descend from Aryans
Vedic "Religion" wasn't Eradicated but was Transformed into Dharma (Today's Hinduism) and then further split into Buddhism, Jainism and Sikhism.
We all still follow majority of Vedic Rituals even Today with the Lone Exception of Animal Sacrifice but some Communities still Practice even that today but not many.
Also we Hindus at least (don't know about others for a fact) still do our Wedding Ceremonies using The Vedic Process that is called "Vedic Padhat" of getting Married.
Yes it was eradicated by dasyus like you who do not even know the names of vedic gods. Who do not even praise indra the golden one
@@SlaveOfDevas Honestly I think we should bring Vedic Culture back cause our Religion is kinda on a Downfall on all fronts and is in Desperate need of a Reset.
@@baltzy1616 Do you know why. It's cause you have made a mockery of Indra deva. Revive his worship and india may yet be protected from invaders
@@SlaveOfDevas That's a jewish lie. Indra has not been mocked in the Padma Purana, there are multiple verses praising his valor
@@SlaveOfDevas Bhagwan literally means the golden one. Who we praise every day. Our saffron dharmic flag is called Bhagwa
"the Inquisition caused 300 million deaths"
From that point on, i knew the video would'nt be too serious about its subject..
All Inquisitions combined I can see that. One single inquisition is hard to beleive Unless Ghengis Khan was leading it. That man lowered the carbon footprint significantly and left Russia without a military.
The Inquisition started in 1478, & the population of Spain in the XVth century was about 7,2 millions, and the global population was around 460 millions.
That is quite the Inquisition indeed.
@@Zacharoni4085Claim: The Inquisition caused the deaths of 300 million people over its centuries of operation.
Response: This claim is both exaggerated and historically inaccurate. Here’s why:
1. Historical Scope of the Inquisition:
Claimed Fact: The Inquisition spanned over four centuries and caused widespread death across Europe and the Americas.
Counterpoint: While the Inquisition did span several centuries and caused significant suffering, reliable historical research does not support the figure of 300 million deaths. The major inquisitions (Medieval, Spanish, and Roman) targeted specific groups and regions, and their death tolls are estimated in the thousands, not hundreds of millions. Historical scholars such as Henry Kamen have studied the records and found that the Spanish Inquisition alone executed around 3,000 to 5,000 people over its entire history. Claims of a death toll in the hundreds of millions are unsupported by any credible evidence.
2.Misattributions of Death Toll:
Claimed Fact: Deaths during the Inquisition included widespread persecution and massacres across Europe and the Americas.
Counterpoint:The figure of 300 million often conflates deaths caused by the Inquisition with deaths from unrelated events such as wars, plagues, and other forms of persecution. For instance, the Bartholomew's Day Massacre, which is sometimes cited in these claims, resulted in about 2,000 to 3,000 deaths-far fewer than millions. Furthermore, deaths among indigenous populations due to European colonization and diseases are separate from the Inquisition’s activities and should not be counted as part of its toll.
3.Historical Evidence and Documentation:
Claimed Fact: The Inquisition was responsible for massive death tolls across various regions.
Counterpoint: Detailed historical records and research consistently show much lower figures. Documents from Inquisition trials, church archives, and scholarly reviews indicate a death toll in the tens of thousands rather than hundreds of millions. The Spanish Inquisition’s own records, as examined by historians, reveal far fewer executions than the inflated figures suggest.
4. Exaggeration and Sensationalism:
Claimed Fact: The Inquisition’s reign of terror led to millions of deaths across Europe and the New World.
Counterpoint: This figure is a sensational exaggeration often used for polemical purposes rather than based on historical fact. Reliable historical scholarship does not support such large numbers. Instead, accurate historical analysis shows that while the Inquisition was indeed brutal and led to significant suffering, the death tolls were far smaller and documented within a historical context that separates these events from other global tragedies.
5. Critical Historical Analysis
Claimed fact: The Inquisition's impact was so extensive that it resulted in over 300 million deaths.
Critical historical analysis involves separating different events and understanding their impact within context. The Inquisition’s activities should not be conflated with other historical atrocities or population losses. Accurate history is based on careful analysis of evidence, not on exaggerated figures. Peer-reviewed research consistently refutes the claim of 300 million deaths, emphasizing that while the Inquisition was a dark chapter in history, its true impact was far less than the sensational numbers suggest.
The claim that the Inquisition caused 300 million deaths is a dramatic exaggeration not supported by historical evidence. The Inquisition's impact, while significant and tragic, involves death tolls in the thousands rather than millions. Accurate historical analysis relies on credible research and context, not inflated figures.
Yeah, it’s crazy. The actual Spanish Inquisition had around 3,000 deaths over a 350 year period. I don’t get these leftists with their grand revisionist narratives.
The same goes with lynchings in America, they weren’t that numerous and the grand total is a few thousand over a 200 year period but the amount of people who talk about greatly outpaces the actual event.
Like 9/11 was more of a historical event and people already downplayed that, but somehow racism or religion is the lefts greatest fears.
Why because you can't accept the truth
Claim: The Inquisition caused the deaths of 300 million people over its centuries of operation.
Response: This claim is both exaggerated and historically inaccurate. Here’s why:
1. Historical Scope of the Inquisition:
Claimed Fact: The Inquisition spanned over four centuries and caused widespread death across Europe and the Americas.
Counterpoint: While the Inquisition did span several centuries and caused significant suffering, reliable historical research does not support the figure of 300 million deaths. The major inquisitions (Medieval, Spanish, and Roman) targeted specific groups and regions, and their death tolls are estimated in the thousands, not hundreds of millions. Historical scholars such as Henry Kamen have studied the records and found that the Spanish Inquisition alone executed around 3,000 to 5,000 people over its entire history. Claims of a death toll in the hundreds of millions are unsupported by any credible evidence.
2.Misattributions of Death Toll:
Claimed Fact: Deaths during the Inquisition included widespread persecution and massacres across Europe and the Americas.
Counterpoint:The figure of 300 million often conflates deaths caused by the Inquisition with deaths from unrelated events such as wars, plagues, and other forms of persecution. For instance, the Bartholomew's Day Massacre, which is sometimes cited in these claims, resulted in about 2,000 to 3,000 deaths-far fewer than millions. Furthermore, deaths among indigenous populations due to European colonization and diseases are separate from the Inquisition’s activities and should not be counted as part of its toll.
3.Historical Evidence and Documentation:
Claimed Fact: The Inquisition was responsible for massive death tolls across various regions.
Counterpoint: Detailed historical records and research consistently show much lower figures. Documents from Inquisition trials, church archives, and scholarly reviews indicate a death toll in the tens of thousands rather than hundreds of millions. The Spanish Inquisition’s own records, as examined by historians, reveal far fewer executions than the inflated figures suggest.
4. Exaggeration and Sensationalism:
Claimed Fact: The Inquisition’s reign of terror led to millions of deaths across Europe and the New World.
Counterpoint: This figure is a sensational exaggeration often used for polemical purposes rather than based on historical fact. Reliable historical scholarship does not support such large numbers. Instead, accurate historical analysis shows that while the Inquisition was indeed brutal and led to significant suffering, the death tolls were far smaller and documented within a historical context that separates these events from other global tragedies.
5. Critical Historical Analysis
Claimed fact: The Inquisition's impact was so extensive that it resulted in over 300 million deaths.
Critical historical analysis involves separating different events and understanding their impact within context. The Inquisition’s activities should not be conflated with other historical atrocities or population losses. Accurate history is based on careful analysis of evidence, not on exaggerated figures. Peer-reviewed research consistently refutes the claim of 300 million deaths, emphasizing that while the Inquisition was a dark chapter in history, its true impact was far less than the sensational numbers suggest.
The claim that the Inquisition caused 300 million deaths is a dramatic exaggeration not supported by historical evidence. The Inquisition's impact, while significant and tragic, involves death tolls in the thousands rather than millions. Accurate historical analysis relies on credible research and context, not inflated figures.
Stop yapping and simplify it! 😡😡
@@dennisego602 Sorry my guy 😭🙏, the topic is just too complex forgive me 😭🙏
@@dennisego602 TLDR: Inquisition caused lots of deaths, drama-queens through history made it sound way worse than it actually was. Make small but still bad number into insanely huge and inaccurate number.
@@jaydenw9803 Good explanation of it though I feel you could have been a little less harsh in terms of the tone. Thanks for explaining it though
@@Worldbreaker-d5b No problem. As for the tone, I didn't even register what I said as being harsh, more so humorous.
I believe there are 3 Shakers now, since they got a new guy there. Great video 👍🏽
Really? So they're growing again, nice. Thanks for the praise my friend!
Really? I thought it was only one
they had to pour some new salt into the shakers.
A Historical Examination of the Inquisition: Addressing Exaggerations and Defending Historical Accuracy:
The Inquisition, a complex and controversial chapter in history, is often cited in discussions about religious persecution and the broader impact of Christianity. Recent claims suggest that the Inquisition led to the deaths of 300 million people, an assertion that is both inflated and misleading. This essay provides a detailed examination of the claims made about the Inquisition, addressing each point in historical context to demonstrate why such exaggerated figures do not accurately reflect historical events. By critically analyzing these claims, we aim to defend the historical integrity of Christianity and clarify the true impact of the Inquisition.
1. The Cathar Crusade of the 1200s:
Claim: The Cathars, deemed heretical by the Pope, were eradicated by Simon de Montfort, resulting in mass deaths.
Historical Context and Analysis:
The Albigensian Crusade, launched in 1209, was a response to the Cathar heresy in southern France. The Cathars were a Christian sect with beliefs that were deemed heretical by the Catholic Church. The crusade, led by figures such as Simon de Montfort, was indeed brutal. During this period, significant violence was inflicted upon the Cathar community, with numerous battles and sieges resulting in substantial casualties.
However, the number of deaths attributed to the Albigensian Crusade is estimated to be in the tens of thousands, not the millions. For instance, the siege of Béziers in 1209 resulted in the deaths of around 7,000 to 10,000 people, including both Cathars and local residents. While the crusade was severe and devastating, it does not support the claim of millions of deaths. The exaggeration stems from conflating the specific events of the Albigensian Crusade with the broader Inquisition, leading to inflated death tolls.
The Albigensian Crusade was a targeted campaign to suppress a particular heretical movement rather than a systematic, prolonged period of widespread persecution that characterizes the Inquisition.
2. The Persecution of the Knights Templar (1300s):
Claim: The Knights Templar were persecuted by King Philip IV, leading to many deaths and the formation of secret societies like the Freemasons and Illuminati.
Historical Context and Analysis:
In 1307, King Philip IV of France launched a campaign against the Knights Templar, accusing them of heresy, blasphemy, and other crimes. This campaign was motivated by Philip’s desire to seize the Templars' wealth and consolidate his own power. The trials, conducted over several years, led to the arrest and execution of many Templars. Historical records suggest that approximately 100 to 200 Templars were executed, with many more being imprisoned or forced to renounce their order.
The assertion that the Templars formed secret societies like the Freemasons or the Illuminati is largely speculative and lacks substantial historical evidence. The Freemasons, for example, did not emerge until the late 16th and early 17th centuries, long after the suppression of the Templars. The notion that Templar persecution led to the creation of powerful secret societies is more legend than fact.
Moreover, this event, while significant, is not part of the Inquisition. The persecution of the Knights Templar was a separate and distinct episode from the activities of the Inquisition, which began later. The exaggeration of the Templar deaths and their alleged connection to secret societies inflates the historical impact and contributes to misleading narratives about the Inquisition.
3. Persecution and Expulsion of Jews (1400s):
Claim: The expulsion of Jews from Spain in the early 1400s resulted in significant deaths and migration.
Historical Context and Analysis:
The expulsion of Jews from Spain was formalized by the Alhambra Decree issued in 1492 by Ferdinand and Isabella. This decree required Jews to convert to Christianity or leave Spain. The expulsion had profound consequences for the Jewish community, leading to the forced conversion or departure of many individuals. Many Jews fled to other parts of Europe or to the Ottoman Empire, where they were generally treated with relative tolerance.
While the expulsion caused considerable hardship and suffering, the death toll associated with this event does not reach the millions. The hardships faced by the expelled Jews included economic and social challenges, but the claim of millions of deaths is an exaggeration. The expulsion should be understood as part of broader patterns of religious intolerance and persecution but is not directly related to the Inquisition’s actions.
The deaths resulting from the expulsion were significant but not to the extent suggested by inflated figures. The suffering of the Jewish community during this period was severe, but it should be recognized in its own historical context rather than conflated with the Inquisition.
4. The Spanish Inquisition (1400s-1600s):
Claim: The Spanish Inquisition was extremely harsh, leading to millions of deaths through persecution and torture.
Historical Context and Analysis:
The Spanish Inquisition, established in 1478, was notorious for its efforts to maintain Catholic orthodoxy in Spain. It used methods such as torture to extract confessions, leading to executions and severe punishments. However, historical research and documentation indicate that the death toll from the Spanish Inquisition was relatively modest compared to the exaggerated figures presented.
Estimates suggest that between 3,000 and 5,000 people were executed by the Spanish Inquisition over its entire history. While these figures reflect a considerable degree of persecution and suffering, they fall far short of the claimed millions. The Inquisition operated within a complex legal and social framework, and its activities, while harsh, were not as widespread or fatal as suggested by exaggerated claims.
The Spanish Inquisition's practices, including the use of torture and public executions, were indeed severe and should be acknowledged. However, the inflated numbers of deaths reflect a misinterpretation of the Inquisition’s impact, conflating its actions with other historical events to produce misleading figures.
5. Protestant Reformation and Related Conflicts:
Claim: The rise of Protestantism led to massive death tolls due to religious wars and massacres, such as the St. Bartholomew's Day Massacre.
Historical Context and Analysis:
The Protestant Reformation, which began in the 16th century, led to significant religious conflicts across Europe. The St. Bartholomew's Day Massacre of 1572, where thousands of Huguenots were killed, was one of the most notable events of this period. Historical estimates suggest that approximately 2,000 to 3,000 Huguenots were killed during the massacre, which was a severe and tragic event but did not result in millions of deaths.
The conflicts associated with the Reformation, including the Wars of Religion, were indeed bloody and impactful. However, the death toll from these conflicts should be understood separately from the Inquisition. The Reformation led to significant religious and political upheaval, but conflating its death toll with that of the Inquisition distorts historical understanding.
While the Reformation era was marked by considerable violence, including massacres and wars, the exaggerated figures about the number of deaths should be approached with caution. Accurate historical analysis separates these events from the Inquisition and considers their impact within a broader context.
6. Deaths of Indigenous Peoples in the Americas:
Claim: The Inquisition’s impact includes the deaths of indigenous peoples due to Spanish conquest and forced conversion.
Historical Context and Analysis:
The Spanish conquest of the Americas led to significant loss of life among indigenous populations, primarily due to warfare, disease, and forced labor. These deaths were not directly caused by the Inquisition but were a result of broader patterns of colonization and imperialism. The Inquisition's focus was primarily on religious orthodoxy in Europe, not on the colonization of the Americas.
The inclusion of indigenous deaths in the Inquisition’s death toll is a misrepresentation. The impact of Spanish colonization on indigenous populations is a distinct historical issue that should be addressed separately from the activities of the Inquisition.
The deaths of indigenous peoples due to Spanish conquest were tragic and significant, but they should not be attributed to the Inquisition. Understanding these events within their own historical framework helps provide a clearer picture of their impact and prevents the conflation of different historical phenomena.
Conclusion:
The claims of 300 million or even 200 million deaths attributed to the Inquisition are significantly exaggerated and do not reflect historical reality. The Inquisition was indeed a period marked by severe persecution and harsh practices, but the actual death toll, based on historical evidence, was in the thousands rather than millions. The Albigensian Crusade, the persecution of the Knights Templar, the expulsion of Jews, and the conflicts related to the Protestant Reformation are separate events that should not be conflated with the Inquisition.
Accurate historical analysis requires distinguishing between different events and understanding their specific contexts. While the Inquisition was a dark chapter in history, it did not result in the inflated death tolls claimed by sensationalist accounts. Defending the historical integrity of Christianity involves acknowledging its complex history while rejecting exaggerated and misleading claims. By addressing these claims in detail, we can better understand the true impact of the Inquisition and provide a more accurate representation of historical events.
Mesoamerican religions, including the Aztec religion, are still being practiced today and are even experiencing something of a revival.
The ancient Aztec beliefs have pretty much been eradicated. Sure there might be some indigenous tribes practicing it, but that's about it.
@@ExplainersEnigmait’s not just tribes practicing it, there are revivals of it among people around the world.
@@vincentstar4608 that's good to hear, as long as they go easy on the human sacrifice 😂👍
@@ExplainersEnigma hehe
@@ExplainersEnigma its not at all good to hear because its literally required to do human sacrifice for the religion 😭😭
6:14 those must have been some insane backshots
😂😂👍💥
The Minoan bull must have influenced the myth of the Minotaur
Yes, and in a very disturbing way. Supposedly, the king's wife slept with a bull and produced the Minotaur, which the king locked under his palace, the Labyrinth.
^ That's the Hellenic myth. The Minotaur was a sacred symbol, along with the Bull of Minoan civilisation.
But after that culture declined, the Hellenic greeks co-opted their symbols and presented it in a much worse light.
It's very similar to how some of the demons in the Bible were originally middle eastern gods. When a culture declines or get replaced by a new one, the new dominant culture usually deconstructs and demonised the old culture's symbols and myths.
Look at the modern west, and how they present medieval Europe as some kind of barbaric of backward time when really it was quite sophisticated and prosperous. The same thing happened when the Hellenic greeks and the older Greek civilisations like Minoa, Create and Mycenea. The gods and heroes of these cultures became monsters, witches and villains for Hellenic stories.
You just said the same word twice. Probably a safe bet.
Your points are solid but you forget a whole load of Mycenean-era heroes are still heroes. Hell the previous generation of heroes before the Trojan war were the likes of Heracles, Theseus and Jason and the Argonauts. Sparta is nearly as old as Mycenea itself and has a very different culture to others and nobody claims they're not properly Hellenic.@@libervitaexaltis4551
There’s a surviving Manichaen community in China from what I recall
There is also a new community of them who is reviving the faith but they're very culty so I say to avoid those ones.
Indeed, its sanctioned by the government and not persecuted either.
300,000,000 deaths!? I don’t think there were even than many people alive on planet earth on that time. I think you were mistaken friend. Maybe 30,000 or 300,000?
Don't need sources when it's about bashing Christianity on the internet apparently
Were* and of course they want you to think there is less when they went to the length of making them disappear...
Actually it is true. The inquisition was active in different degrees thru the 1600s. Over 4 centuries. In the early 1200s, the Cathars who were Christian, living in different areas in Italy, Spain, France, Navarre (once a small country in the Pyrenees between France, Portugal, Spain) were considered by the pope to be heretical in their Christian beliefs, were ordered by the pope to be wiped out by the French Noble Knight Simon deMonfort the elder. (father of Simon deMonfort who served the English king Henry lll, Son of King John Plantagenet) who later led a war against him for the horrible overtaxation, ruination, extreme oppression of the english peasant ry, working/middle classes which he had English support but was killed when he decided to take the crown from the heir, Prince Edward l. The inquisition continued on sporatically stronger then leveling off depending on the church, rulers, belief of witchcraft, heresy complaints, etc. Huge to smaller populations would flee or be victimized at whim. The next well-known surge was in the early 1300s due to accusations of the French king Phillip The Fair against the Knights Templer. Accusations of devil worship, relationships w the devil, child sacrifice, theft of land, money, wealth, etc, were levied by Phillip whose treasury was almost empty, who was denied honorary membership into the templers, etc, to steal their vast wealth, land holdings, etc. Many were arrested and burnt alive while others escaped into sympathetic countries like Scotland, Holland, Denmark, others. It was then that legend claimes they formed secret/powerful organizations such as the free masons, involved themselves w the illuminati, and others. Warrior monks who kept themselves secret until this day endlessly working for power. More persecution and deaths against citizens of countries practicing different or unapproved Christian/Catholic beliefs were always in supply sometime/where such as the jewish persecution by Spain leading to huge numbers of deaths, expulsion, and fleeing of jews into the Ottoman Turkish empire in the early 1400s. The Sultans welcomed them, designated areas of housing and practice of their religion, and owning businesses in return that they obey the countries laws, pay equal taxes, and assimilate into society. Finally, in the mid 1400s thru the early 1600s began the longest, bloodiest, wholesale murder, torture, indiscriminate victimization of millions at whim of innocent men, women, children (even the unborn) and animals that people associate as THE inquisition! Spain, always a fanatical Catholic country ruled by Ferdinand and Isabelle of Castile had made Spain The most powerful European country on earth. Barr Non! They fostered such a strict religious regiman that even the slightest deviation of a prayer, mispronouncement, slightest mistake was proof of heresy and was an automatic death. The most merciful consequence. The vatican in full support trained witchfinders, heresy expert priests, fanatical nobles, questioners, those of any class to go and flush out heretics. Get confessions usually by torture and to implicate as many others as possible.Many times entire towns would be put to death resulting from the torture of just one. This spread to France, Eastern Europe, Ireland, Scotland, the Germanic countries up into Sweden, etc. Spain was powerful and would demand rulers to prove loyalty or be invaded. Also at this time, Protestant belief was becoming big in Europe. Countries like Holland, Cleves, Denmark, England began recognizing and even permitting talk, bibles for the people, beliefs, even worship to an extent of this new religion. Leading to wars and threats frm Spain, invasions, and attacks on cities such as the famous Bartholomew day massacre in France resulting in death of 1/4 the population. By 1600, inquisition deaths easily passed 200 mill deaths. It was generation going as far as 10th generation. Even the deaths of indigenous native S Am indian tribes by attempted conversion by spanish invaders (also looking for gold) was estimated into over a million. Finally, it began to taper off in the 1600s, thiugh even thru present, wars and invasions and persecutions of entire countries over religion continue to grow again. And 100s of incidences in past millenia not mentioned have killed millions. Its a fascinating subject. I know very little so lots to find out if interested. Cheers
The dude is just antichristian, a whole lot of his informations are nothing more than half truths.
@@dead2802 thanks for your indepth feedback and comment. The inquisition indeed was stretched over very long periods of time.
"eradicated religions.. number 7.. Zoroastri-"
me, with a bone fire the size of a house in the 21 century : *GOOD THOUGHTS GOOD WORDS GOOD DEEDS*
Huh? What happened mate?
Bro he didn't even mention Zoroastrianism
@@ExplainersEnigmaZoroastrianism is not a dead religion, it has 100s of 1000s of followers to this day.
I would love to see more of the Polynesian gods and native Americans ones too
Most of our north american tribes believe in the great spirit or creator if they are traditional, but it gets mixed with Roman Catholicism a lot too. In mi'kmawi'simk Their name is Kisulk (the Creator) and Kji Niskam (the Great Spirit) used interchangeably.
Mithra is also a indian vedic Deity ....but he is the Sun God and God of friendship and treaties
Vedic isn't eradicated we still do Yagyas mentioned in Vedas worship Surya it's eternal part of Hinduism don't spread misinformation
Manichaean here ~ yes we are alive and being revived along with the texts being republished feel free to AMA! Also chinese manichaeans descending from syncretic sects are still around, (If you don’t believe me, i can provide the website)
@@DM5550Z that's amazing
I remember hearing about this religion 10 years ago in a Terrence McKenna lecture. The lecture was from before all the problems started in the middle east and i shuddered to think what may have happened to it since then.
Good to hear you guys are still around and thriving. Good luck
@@libervitaexaltis4551Before all the troubles in the middle east? When was that
Vedism is Vedic-Brahminism Brahminism later evolved more with philosophies amd and Denomination
Canaanite religion, Aztec religion, Shakerism, Baltic and Finnic Paganism which are two completely different religions, Orphism, Olmec Religion, Celtic Paganism, Etruscan Religion, Mesopotamian Religion, Vedism in different forms, Minoanism, Yahwism and the Hittite Religion are all still practiced today in various different revivals.
Fair enough, this video was more about the very ancient religions of these people.
Subscribed. Enjoying your format and overviews of religions. Thanks for the content!
@@bern1228 that's a lot for your support!
@@ExplainersEnigmahow about you answer where you got the 300million number from, since you respond to comments
Celtic paganism is definitrly still alive
Still really good video, all of them have a few followers due to some resurgence, but still very informative
@@CharlieMoomin yeah the neopagan variant but the ancient type is extinct apparently
Modern Celtic paganism is a contemporary reconstruction, not a continuation
Where 😂😂😂 Spain maybe
@@RavageEffexIreland…
Vedism didn't extint but evolved in Hinduism or sanatan dharma
Vedism and sanatan dharm both are same but sanatan dharm had some evolution
Yup, but who's gonna tell it to the malechhas? 😂😂
@@ARYAN_WARRIOR. Who don't follow sanatan dharm and outsiders
Not (shudra or dalit or boudh or jain)
Not really since vedism evolved into two counterparts dakshinapanth dharm(right hand path) and vamacharapanth (left hand path)
Historical error: 1) Jesus and Mithra sharing a birthday is an urban legend. There’s no historical evidence of it having been celebrated by the mithraists. 2)Honestly, we don’t know much about them, but we *do* know that they were primarily a cult for the military
3) we also know it was a men’s only cult. Women need not apply.
All of which seems to indicate limited appeal to the average roman citizen.
Hindus do follow Vedas and considered it as the most supreme scriptures in Hinduism, Hindus still practice one of the core ritual of Vedas called 'Yagna', even Hindu Wedding and Funeral are done based on Vedic Tradition. You cannot consider Vedism as a separate religion.
I am so glad Tengrism is still active and haven't ended up here.
Yeah true, I was about to include it but found out it is still practiced to this day.
@@ExplainersEnigma Tengri biz menen
Where may I ask?
@@jeanpol1836 Kazakhstan, Mongolia and Siberia. Secular Turks from Türkiye also started take Tengrism as an identity although being atheists/angostics.
@@jeanpol1836 small groups of people who live in shitty places in siberia
Hipsters seeing this video
“It’s a free real estate”
"300m killed in Christian Persecution"
Lmao how dumb do you have to believe to believe this?
Well some believe that Stalin killed 600 billion Soviets for Atheism.
As one commenter said:
"Actually it is true. The inquisition was active in different degrees thru the 1600s. Over 4 centuries. In the early 1200s, the Cathars who were Christian, living in different areas in Italy, Spain, France, Navarre (once a small country in the Pyrenees between France, Portugal, Spain) were considered by the pope to be heretical in their Christian beliefs, were ordered by the pope to be wiped out by the French Noble Knight Simon deMonfort the elder. (father of Simon deMonfort who served the English king Henry lll, Son of King John Plantagenet) who later led a war against him for the horrible overtaxation, ruination, extreme oppression of the english peasant ry, working/middle classes which he had English support but was killed when he decided to take the crown from the heir, Prince Edward l. The inquisition continued on sporatically stronger then leveling off depending on the church, rulers, belief of witchcraft, heresy complaints, etc. Huge to smaller populations would flee or be victimized at whim. The next well-known surge was in the early 1300s due to accusations of the French king Phillip The Fair against the Knights Templer. Accusations of devil worship, relationships w the devil, child sacrifice, theft of land, money, wealth, etc, were levied by Phillip whose treasury was almost empty, who was denied honorary membership into the templers, etc, to steal their vast wealth, land holdings, etc. Many were arrested and burnt alive while others escaped into sympathetic countries like Scotland, Holland, Denmark, others. It was then that legend claimes they formed secret/powerful organizations such as the free masons, involved themselves w the illuminati, and others. Warrior monks who kept themselves secret until this day endlessly working for power. More persecution and deaths against citizens of countries practicing different or unapproved Christian/Catholic beliefs were always in supply sometime/where such as the jewish persecution by Spain leading to huge numbers of deaths, expulsion, and fleeing of jews into the Ottoman Turkish empire in the early 1400s. The Sultans welcomed them, designated areas of housing and practice of their religion, and owning businesses in return that they obey the countries laws, pay equal taxes, and assimilate into society. Finally, in the mid 1400s thru the early 1600s began the longest, bloodiest, wholesale murder, torture, indiscriminate victimization of millions at whim of innocent men, women, children (even the unborn) and animals that people associate as THE inquisition! Spain, always a fanatical Catholic country ruled by Ferdinand and Isabelle of Castile had made Spain The most powerful European country on earth. Barr Non! They fostered such a strict religious regiman that even the slightest deviation of a prayer, mispronouncement, slightest mistake was proof of heresy and was an automatic death. The most merciful consequence. The vatican in full support trained witchfinders, heresy expert priests, fanatical nobles, questioners, those of any class to go and flush out heretics. Get confessions usually by torture and to implicate as many others as possible.Many times entire towns would be put to death resulting from the torture of just one. This spread to France, Eastern Europe, Ireland, Scotland, the Germanic countries up into Sweden, etc. Spain was powerful and would demand rulers to prove loyalty or be invaded. Also at this time, Protestant belief was becoming big in Europe. Countries like Holland, Cleves, Denmark, England began recognizing and even permitting talk, bibles for the people, beliefs, even worship to an extent of this new religion. Leading to wars and threats frm Spain, invasions, and attacks on cities such as the famous Bartholomew day massacre in France resulting in death of 1/4 the population. By 1600, inquisition deaths easily passed 200 mill deaths. It was generation going as far as 10th generation. Even the deaths of indigenous native S Am indian tribes by attempted conversion by spanish invaders (also looking for gold) was estimated into over a million. Finally, it began to taper off in the 1600s, thiugh even thru present, wars and invasions and persecutions of entire countries over religion continue to grow again. And 100s of incidences in past millenia not mentioned have killed millions. Its a fascinating subject. I know very little so lots to find out if interested. Cheers"
- @dead2802
@@Harrison.D.R that's a lot of words to say nothing about the subject
@@LegetusOptioxNarbonensii Mate, I'm just a messenger, go ask @dead2802
@@LegetusOptioxNarbonensii Fr Fr
Mithra is also a vedic god,so he is more of an indo-iranian god,he is still invoked but with different name.
Vedic Mitra and the Iranian Mithra are different though.
@@Adrien-g6o same proto deity.
300 million is a number only appearing in Chinese chronologies 😂
Orphism and Cult of Dionysian is still extant tho (not only in Neopagan way but literally believing in Dionysus itself) even though only some individual believe in it
The aztecs were not forced to convert to christianity at any point. They abandoned their religion and cosmogony for another way to live without practicing cannibalism over other civilizations in order to preserve their gods appetite for human blood. The christian missionaries even protected their religion,culture and language, while bringing with them love and care for the indigenous. The mesoamericans religions really faded out after the independence of spanish colonies. But dont get me wrong, the video is great!
Thanks for watching!
And what about the Aztec historical records that were burned by the Spanish?
Lmao. Read what those missionaries and other Spaniards who were there wrote about their conquest.
so you think the spaniards were benevolent in spreading religion? Someone missed a history class😂
@@redflagrevolutionary6549 What historical records? The spanish worked hard to preserve their culture and language.
Hey don’t know if you’re going to see this but what was the name of music playing in the background?
I see and check every comment my friend. I have no clue though about the BG music on this one sorry.
@@ExplainersEnigma thank you fpr the answer, will find it out I guess
Vedism is still alive, it's called Arya Samaj.
Arja Samaj are blashpemers, they believe in monotheism.
@@Cssryesh 😂 they don't. They believe in the same Parbrahma that is mentioned in the Vedas.
@@utkarshninawe97 Literally go to the Arya Samaj website and then tell me they aren’t monotheists.
Celtic Panagism and Norse Paganism are the fastest growing non Abrahamic religions currently, mainly in Northern Europe though.
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Neopagan and new age spiritaulity are growing in the west, mostly Britain, Scandinavia and some places in eastern Europe.
Considering the renewal of Paganism and Neo-Paganism to say some of these are Eradicated is a stretch. Sure some aspects are modernized and it's not as practiced as it use to be but you'd be surprised how some people still practice them !
Yeah, it was more meant for the ancient ways of these faiths. Sure, "Neo" variants are there.
I know this is a short youtube video, but it should be pointed out that Cathars often asked their followers to mortify their bodies, as all matter was evil, and many Cathars went so far as to let themselves starve to death. Of course this is just for historical clarification, if you speak Italian or can find an English translation, I recommend the Italian historian Alessandro Barbero.
Thanks for the additional info!
Canaanism and Yahwism are pretty much alive today in the form of Judaism, Christianity, and Islam.
They weren’t eradicated, they evolved.
Manichaeism wasn’t entirely eradicated. It’s still practiced in relatively small numbers in southeastern China!
The Cathars also practiced this Iranian Manoism. Please explain the information completely
You used an image of Moloch for Baal. They are different.
Love your content, keep it up!
@@Kronos-cm8nj thanks Kronos, more Videos are brewing😊
Do you get a lot of your info from that movie Zeitgeist? Mithra arrived in Rome long after Christianity. There are NO writings about Mithra only a few sculptures people read things into. He is represented with the 12 astrological signs around him so some think this means he had 12 apostles. He also is represented as Perseus the Greek hero who represents Summer slaying Spring who is represented as the bull or Taurus. Some think that the slew a bull and had the blood drip all over his followers. But this is only speculation. He was NOT born of a Virgin heh is represented as emerging out of a rock. Very different. As for his birthday being December 25th. No one knows. The movie Zeitgeist made every single god born on December 25th. The church has no idea of Jesus's birth. It is in the Vatican records that they put it on that day when the light was returning to the word in winter. In Spring, is when he was crucified. Per scripture, he must have been born in the Spring because it says that she shee were out at night and that only happens in the Spring. I assume that the church thought it best the day when the light was returning into the world was a good choice.
No, none from the movies - just online research.
I don't think any Christian sect should be in this list. It should be in its iwn list of Christian sects since those sects aren't a separate religions.
There’s an old Quaker community in the hills of Virginia, old run down, I’ve seen a couple of them but there are only 3 or 4 left. Tiny old wood gathering house
Quakers definitely did not go extinct but shakers are definitely pretty much extinct and are no longer a thing anymore.
Sacrificing 80,000 in 4 days?? I highly doubt that. 10,000 maybe.
@@Erik-ct6ug that's what a source said, I also thought it sounded crazy...
Bro studied religion at Baskin Robbins
300 million throughout the crusades? How a about a sticky referring that? We got enough religious hate today. Absolutely unnecessary to add to the problem with such a blatant mistake.
Mitra’s birthday is still celebrated in India as Mithra Punim, Mitra Prabhat (Bamdad-e-Mithra) but the major pilgrimmage temple in Multan Pakistan was destroyed for being idoltrous and haram, and the knowledge keepers were all eradicated as kaffirs
Indra is still seen throughout India as the king of heaven
Just asked chat gpt. The deaths were between 3k-5k. NOT 300 MILLIONS .
5:55 Balto Finish mythology: Shows Elefant and Giraffe
@@maxhatterschannel5140 😂🙏 true, not quite fitting
Ancient religions are by no means all extinct. Zoroastrianism, the religion of the sumerians, is even still practiced.
@@ZA-mb5di true, covered it in the video about all major religions
Zoroastrianism is the religion of iranians not sumerians
I wish Europe and South America returned to their original religions.
I thought I was the only one.
@brandyjacob5926 our faiths and cultures were so rich in that manner. Even with remnants of our past we still remain so culturally rich. Imagine festivals and feast for gods every other week.
Depends... most of south americans has more European Blood... so i adhere to Roman-Celtic. Portugal is Celtic and Roman so...
So you want human Sacrifices in Southampton america?
@@bi-han8281 religions can be reformed, duh
Islam should be in this list in future 👏🏼 Alhumrasgulla
In your dreams
I offer you cabeza in gratitude for this video.
Sounds amazing, never ate that before👍
300 million is such a stupid and ignorant claim, the maximum population that Europe ever had in the Middle Ages was 80 million
Only around 3000 - 5000 people died in the Inquisition in it's whole history through centuries, that's around the same number of victims on 9/11
Please do better research in your next videos
The amount of head in the dirt denial of fact, nuance, and understanding in favor of just full on opinion in this video is insane. Especially the reddit archeologist claim that Israelites borrowed from canaanite religion. You are lacking on any knowledge of Semitic culture and etymology.
I might be mistaken but wasn't puritan a religion that went extinct too?
Interesting, wasn't aware of them. Seems like they were absorbed into several Protestant denominations
They're still around. Their churches are called Congregational Churches.
You missed quiet a few religions, like Arabic,Germanic,Slavic and many other polytheistic faiths.
You mean the old paganist beliefs? They aren't really dead and still practiced/revived. Or which one did you mean?
Catharism is sometimes regard as a distant,in time, offshoot of Marcionism a kind of primitive quasi Gnosticism although there must be about 700 years between Marcion and the Cathars.
Shakers were not celibate. I have a lot of questions about some of the claims made in this video.
Misleading title. There's an innumerable amount of dead religions and many recorded ones aren't listed here. I'm hitting dislike.
Which ones are missing for you? Sorry that I couldn't cover all of them in 20 minutes
Its likely the Cathars werent a real religion bro. do more research
vedism if you may isn't a different religion but an elaborate segment to the existing hinduism...
5:20 technically it's not a dead religion because it's still practiced in estonia but it has changed alot from original paganism
Almost no biased hints at all. Btw he got his answer and deleted it real quick.
@@arturkarpinski164 biased hints?
@@ExplainersEnigmaMithronism equal to Jesus?? Don't state your opinion as fact!! Genocide against the Cathars?? They were not an ethnicity. You had to add 300 million dead in the brief description of Catharism?? Continue your studies before you push your bias hateful agenda. Piss of and don't seek my validation.
Actually Manichaeism is still around. There Manichaeist communities in southern China but they are very isolationist.
why tengrism is not mentioned? is it still exist?
Yes, Tengriism is still practiced to this day. It will be featured briefly in an upcoming video.
There is no separation between vedic and hindu religion, both are the same. Hinduism is just all the belief systems of india ,as long as they don't reject vedas .
Hail Odin and Thor!
Norse mythology is truly badass.
Hail Donbodan and Toar.. (Suebi version)
I've been to the shaker village nobody came out to see me I wanted to make a documentary about them to immortalize them
Celtic Pagans? We are still here! #cantdriveusout 🐍❤️
For real 😁
The mindern version is a Contemporary Variation
Gotta hold on to something. Saesneg took much.
The most popular pagan tradition is converting to Christianity 🤫
It's 100 times batter then being hypocrite christiane pagan polytheist how pepole still christians when everything contradict with itself and the money grabbing business they call church of God or the man God or the three gods they call one its so ridiculous to believe in Christianity you need to be brainwashed to ignore all the holes in ther and don't study to deep becuse its blasphemy because believes will find to much questions and coping and corruption the church can't and won't able to answer then you will be committing blasphemy!
You keep using the triskelion to represent polytheism.
Celts were only polytheistic after being conquered, in Ireland they skipped polytheism, went straight from ancestors to Christians.
St. Paul makes it very clear that the Celts he met in Asia Minor also had no gods, he comments on how odd it was and thanks them for their radical hospitality. (apparently not knowing they saw him as a bard, and it is absolute law)
Great video although there are a lot of modern pagans and druids I wouldn't call it a dead religion
Glad you like it
To I met one of the last shakers alive back in 1991 she was over a hundred they said. Looked a solid 90 for sure. Was just outside of Danville KY. Or harrodsburg,
Wow that's awesome...I wanna become 100 years old too.
300 000 000 deaths 😂 stopped watching after this
What do you mean by this?
Yeah, 300,000,000 is the upper estimate for the world population pre-industrial revolution. He's smoking crack if he thinks it caused even close to that many deaths.
Yeah that number is bullshit
Idk why that was in there but tbh the rest of the video is well worth a watch
mesopotamia 🇮🇶🇮🇶🇮🇶
@@noorali-s5f8n so much history there
Orphism isn't dead. There are orphics all around the world who still follow the teaching of Orpheus which are related to those of the Christian religion. The orphics didn't believe in Dionysius, the greek god of the wine, but instead in Dion Isus - the God of the Vineyard, which is Jesus Christ Himself, Who was embodied thousands of years later.
What about sanamahism Religion
Interesting, did not know Sanamahism. But it seems to still have a decent following, ergo it wouldn't fit into the videos's topic.
Jai Ibudhou Pakhangba
Manichaeism is still alive in Fujian
Was Mithraism in raised by wolves based off of the real life religion?
Knew it was gonna be funny after the first religion, and reading the top comments... yep lol.
Cue comments of people saying paganism is still alive, because they wear thors hammer around their neck or smth 🙄
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If you're referring to the Scandinavian denomination of paganism, it is. Modern practice is called Åsatru. They have churches and everything.
Rather than God of war and the sun the iranic mithra, while also being a warrior god and a god of light, is a god of oaths, specifically warrior oaths which is important as to why mithra was adopted by middle Eastern and near asian kingdoms such the Commagene and later pontus during the intermixing of Greek and Iranian deities as the Selucids tried to grecize their Persian subjects.
Also 25th was NOT mithra's birthday, mithra wasn't born in the traditional sense, in some myths he emerged from a stone, that day was the day of Sol Invictus, the day when the sun finally conquers they seasonal struggle and the days start to lenghten.
Also... The traditional academic conception of Catharism is today under question but this is beside the point
@@eccoeco3454 yeah I read that too, he definitely was the god of oaths too. Just wanted to keep it concise and simple. Thanks for the addition!
@@ExplainersEnigma it's important because we have reason to think, due to the many art where mithra gives the soldier handshake symbol of sworn oaths (the oath that a king would require of his "vassals", pardon the anachronism, and generals of their subordinates) that this had a role in the royal cult, to simplify Ahura Mazda is the source of the law, the supreme source of rightness (Arta/Asha) but Mithra is his champion and general, he that actually and materially defends and uphelds that rightness, mithra has his generals and champions (think of a military hierarchy) and as Mithra swore the military oath to Ahura Mazda so these did to mithra, these are the Shahs who, through the ritual of holding hands with mithra (the Shahs are often portrayed as invested of their powers by Mithra and Anahita, which in Commage and Pontus becomes Aphrodite Ourania but it's not important to the discussion) are made part of a chain of command, and thus authority, that starts with Ahura Mazda himself.
This royal cult is very likely observed by other states such as Commagene and imitated to obtain the same legitimation, see the statues of Mithra or Hercules holding hands with kings, but the first link of the chain, the obscure and abstract Ahura Mazda which doesn't necessarily resonate with non-zoroastrians, often either fades or collapses in favour of the second link of the chain which is Mithra, as these figures arguably seem to at times do in favour of the warrior god when they are perceived as dei obtiosi.
This would be the reason why the Ahura Mazda part ultimately seems to fade in the west.
@@ExplainersEnigma mitra was vedic god
Vedic dharm never was eradicated, yes gurukuls died under britishers Oriental Indian education policies but there r still vedayagyas today alive. Primarily from 33 devs & adityas trinity came & from it different sampradays came out.
The Cathars are not only still around, but they have a RUclips Channel. Maybe do more research before making claims in title or vid.
That's a good thing if they're rebuilding! I was referring to the ancient Catharism style and their old ways. Is this a splinter group or an actual movement?
9:42 I have to stop you. Nothing about Etruscan religion was to do with Greek religion.
Baltic Finnic paganism may be dead but Baltic paganism still exists.
There was a religion which coexisted with hindus which was destroyed by warmongerbbuddhist kings. This religions name I don't remember but followed non-violence principles and relatively advanced that most religions of the time.
What you are talking about is Jainism, it's older than budhism, it's still alive. The religion which died due to persecution were ajvikas and charvakas(they were atheist, literally embraced materialism). It cannot be said advanced but their only reference we have is that they weren't liked by anyone because of materialism
Mithra originated in Kurdistan not Persia. Wasukani/serekani, Rojava. First officially worshipped by the Mittani, whose descendants and tribes live on as proud Kurds today.
Celtic Pagans are still here (I am a living example lol)
Isn't a branch of Manichaeism still alive in China?
You forgot basque mitology/paganism
5:29 why did they make the Estonians look so goofy next to the other groups
There is nothing like Vedism . And Indra isn't the supreme God. Devas aren't God , there is no English word to translate Devas into English. In the Vedic texts ParaBrahm is supreme who has no physical form he is the atmatattva source of creation and Shiva ,Vishnu , Shakti , Ganesha , Karthikeya are the representative form of ParaBrahm. These dieties may have different forms but they are ParaBrahm him/herself . These dieties are called Ishwar (God) and Devas aren't same as them . And Vedism which is called Vaidik Dharma originally which is nothing but Hinduism isn't polytheistic and isn't a pagan religion. We believe in 1 God but in different forms . There are multiple sects in our vaidik dharma such as Shaiva , Vaishnava, Shakta etc . Each sect considers a single diety as supreme ParaBrahm him/herself . We aren't polytheistic , it's like saying that Christians are polytheistic because they believe in Father God , Jesus and holy spirit . And vaidik dharma isn't eradicated it still is practiced by 1 million people, hinduism and vaidik dharma aren't different the rituals we perform today were performed in vaidik period too. And I repeat we aren't pagans like Greeks , norse and other etc . As Albert Einstein quoted [I don't believe in the God of Abrahamic religions , this view is naive and childlike, rather i believe that the existence of God propounded by Spinoza and the Hindus of a cosmic Brahman is more logical and probable ; The Ultimate Quotable Einstein , page - 325] Einstein studied many hindu texts , so this is enough to show that how different is vaidik dharma and paganism.
All these people believed they were correct just as their modern counterparts.
Relgion just got boring, these all sound a million times better than islam,Christianity and Judaism ...at least some of the more interesting ones are coming back.
I told you that protestantism in Islam were basically pagan.
Eastern religions are hilarious
300 million dead Cathars lmfao are you kidding? Clicked off the vid
Bro thinks he’s Redeemed Zoomer 😭
Who's that?
The one and only Presbyterian Memer @@ExplainersEnigma
@@JC.AEP2 😂☕👍 memes are always good
Not enough condescension.
@@ExplainersEnigmaPopular Christian Theology RUclipsr